the relationship between board structure (size and composition) and bank performance, as well as some determinants of … board structure. We document that mergers and acquisitions activity influences bank board composition, and we provide new … evidence that organizational structure is significantly related to bank board size. We argue that these factors may explain why …

characteristics (size, composition and functioning of the board) and analyze their impacts on bank performance and bank asset quality … positive impacts on both bank performance and asset quality while bank size has a significantly negative impact on bank … performance. We find new evidence that the degree of bank boards' political connection is negatively correlated with bank …

and bank profitability, while the proportion of independent directors on the board is negatively, but insignificantly … related to bank profitability. Impact of ownership concentration on bank profitability is negative, but weak. We also find … that privately held domestic banks outperform state-owned and foreign banks. Important factors influencing bank …

India that has both bank groups. Covering a ten-year period from 2003 to 2012 that witnessed a large number of governance … CEO duality is high. We find that a longer CEO tenure has significant positive effects on bank outcomes with these effects …

This paper analyzes how ownership concentration and managerial incentives influences bank risk for a large sample of US … positive total effect on bank risk. This is the result of a positive direct effect, which reflects monitoring and opportunistic … shareholder preferences toward risk. Large shareholders reduce bank risk by reducing the sensitivity of CEO wealth to stock …