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Corporate Governance and Banks : What Have We Learned from the Financial Crisis?
Mehran, Hamid - 2011
Recent academic work and policy analysis give insight into the governance problems exposed by the financial crisis and suggest possible solutions. We begin this paper by explaining why governance of banks differs from governance of non-financial firms. We then look at four areas of governance:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122805
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Bank owners or bank managers : who is keen on risk? ; evidence from the financial crisis
Gropp, Reint; Köhler, Matthias - 2010
In this paper, we analyse whether bank owners or bank managers were the driving force behind the risks incurred in the wake of the financial crisis of 2007/2008. We show that owner controlled banks had higher profits in the years before the crisis, and incurred larger losses and were more likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941710
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Corporate governance and banks : what have we learned from the financial crisis? : Hamid Mehran; Alan Morrison; Joel Shapiro
Mehran, Hamid; Morrison, Alan; Shapiro, Joel Andrew - 2011
Recent academic work and policy analysis give insight into the governance problems exposed by the financial crisis and suggest possible solutions. We begin this paper by explaining why governance of banks differs from governance of nonfinancial firms. We then look at four areas of governance:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009160737
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The impact of financial globalization and financialization on the economy in the current crisis through banking corporate governance
Azkunaga, Juan Antonio; San-Jose, Leire; … - In: Contemporary economics 7 (2013) 3, pp. 79-94
This work analyzes the role of governance of financial entities in the current crisis. Neoliberal economic policies, deregulation and liberalization have characterized financial globalization, giving rise to the financialization of the economy. This paper, using the analysis-synthesis method,...
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The exposure of microfinance institutions to financial risk
Gietzen, Thomas - In: Review of development finance 7 (2017) 2, pp. 120-133
This study examines the exposure of microfinance institutions to liquidity-, interest rate and foreign exchange (FX …) risk. Using manually collected data from microfinance institutions' financial reporting, I find that the microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011779562
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Sustainability of microfinance institutions in financial crisis
Dokulilová, Lenka; Janda, Karel; Zetek, Pavel - In: European financial and accounting journal : EFAJ 4 (2009) 2, pp. 7-33
The aim of this paper is to clarify the problems of microfinance and the sustainability of microfinance institutions …, the operations of MFIs are often not sufficiently efficient. The microfinance sector is in general known for its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011459451
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Weathering the storm : ownership structure and performance of microfinance institutions in the wake of the global financial crisis
Wijesiri, Mahinda - In: Economic modelling 57 (2016), pp. 238-247
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646900
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Microfinance to Combat Global Recession and Social Exclusion : An Empirical Investigation
Das, Ramesh Chandra (ed.) - 2022
Chapter 1: Global Recession and Microfinance Institutions: Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 2: Are microfinance … institutions unscathed from the recession? – An empirical reconsideration -- Chapter 3: Microfinance as a Strategy to Curb the … Global Recession -- Chapter 4: Developing Strategies to Improve Microfinance System in Turkey with Fuzzy Logic -- Chapter 5 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013287746
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Internal Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis : Lessons for Banks, Regulators and Supervisors
Gualandri, Elisabetta - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117550
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The Future of Law and Finance after the Financial Crisis : New Perspectives on Regulation and Corporate Governance for Banks
Heremans, Dirk - 2011
In tribute to the lifetime achievements of Dr. Thomas S. Ulen, this Article addresses the topic of the future of law and finance within the broader context of the future of law and economics. After highlighting some of the differences between the U.S. and European approaches to law and finance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119443