, the European Union has engaged in an ambitious overhaul of banking regulation. One of its centerpieces, the 2013 Fourth … banks. We focus on the provisions that are aimed at reshaping bank boards' composition, functioning, and their members …' liabilities, and argue that they are unlikely to improve bank boards' effectiveness or prevent excessive risk-taking. We criticize …

Governance with focus on bank specifics, the current academic discussion, the regulatory environment as well as the opinion of … robustness of European banks, in form of 6 risk and performance variables, after controlling for bank and country specifics, is … the risk profile of a bank through the cycle. The Code of Conduct, however, is a statistically significant positive driver …

France and Europe are at the forefront of ESG regulation. They have taken steps that go far beyond mere reporting … non-European companies doing business in Europe, as the EU shows more and more inclination to enforce its ESG regulation …

This paper investigates the impact of gender diversity on bank efficiency using a unique hand-collected dataset …