This study aims to examine the effect of related party transactions (RPTs) on banks' performance and investigates political connections as moderator in their causal relationship. Our sample is 40 Indonesian banks listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange for the years 2013-2016 with 160...

The capital structure decision plays an important role in the performance of a firm. Therefore, there have been many studies inspecting the rapport of capital structure with the performance of firms, although the findings of these studies are inconclusive. In addition, there is a relative...

We examine the nexus between blockholding and bank performance in Nigeria given the narrowing size blockholding and absence of institutional mechanisms for effective activism. We employ the system-Generalised Method of Moments (system-GMM) using annual bank-level data from 2007 to 2019 and find...

We exploit variation in commercial bank capital ratios across states to identify the impact of commercial bank balance sheet pressures manifested through changes in capital ratios on employment in the manufacturing sector. For industries dependent on external finance, we find that an increase in...

We exploit variation in commercial bank capital ratios across states to identify the impact of higher capital ratios on the creation and size of manufacturing firms. For industries dependent on external finance, we find that an increase in the capital ratio has no statistically significant...

This paper investigates the effect of a firm's organizational structure on its debt financing activities. Using corporate diversification strategy as an identification tool for organizational structure, we find that diversified firms have significantly lower loan rates than comparable focused...

This paper examines the financial structure and the bank relationships of Italian multinational firms. We show that multinationals are on average more leveraged than non-internationalized firms. Moreover, they have a larger share of financial and bank debt out of total debt, maintain more bank...

We exploit the cross-state, cross-time variation in bank tangible capital ratios-brought about by bank branch deregulation on a state-by-state basis-to identify the effects of bank capital pressures on employment and firm dynamics during two waves of changes in bank capital regulation. We show...

This study examined the influence of corporate governance practices and funding structure on the earnings management of listed commercial banks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study pooled 64 listed commercial banks during the period 2012-2018 within a panel data analytic framework. Using...

In this study we examine the relationship between the proportion of women in top management positions at banks and these institutions' financial performance. Using prudential data from supervisory reporting for all credit institutions in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg from 1999 to 2013, we find a...