researchers and regulators. Since poor bank governance is seen as a major cause of the recent crisis, a deeper understanding is … needed how banks are governed and how bank governance is associated with performance and risk taking. This report deals with … non-executive bank employees provided by an international consulting company. The results indicate that both aspects of …

We investigate the relationship between real estate markets and bank distress among German universal and specialized … bank distress (PDs). But higher prices at given rents may also indicate excessive expectations regarding the present value … real estate exposures amplify this effect. Rising real estate price levels alone reduce bank PDs, but only for banks with …