This study refers to the study of Minton et al. (2014) by contributing to the discussion whether their finding that financial experts on the board promote pro-cyclical bank performance arises due to their shareholder-proximity or rather due to their risk-taking attitude, Minton et al. (2014) use...

This short paper applies the ‘pitching research' template developed by Faff (2015) to an academic research topic in corporate governance of Australian credit unions, from an accounting discipline perspective. The pitch template identifies the core elements that form the framework of any...

In this paper we study top executive turnover in Italian Banks over the period 1993-2001. We relate the probability of survival of top executives (Presidents, CEOs and General Managers) to bank performance and the manager's local connections, controlling for (observable and unobservable) bank...

This paper uses hazard function estimations together with cross-sectional growth regressions to examine the impact of exit through merger and acquisition (M&A) or failure, and internally-generated growth, on the firm-size distribution of the US credit union industry. Consolidation through M&A...

Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks (UCBs) in India operate under the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act of 1949 – As Applicable to Cooperative Societies (AACS). Considering the large heterogeneity in asset sizes of UCBs and the absence of any regulatory cap on their leverages, the...

The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about the governance of banks. This paper addresses a long-standing gap in the literature by analyzing board governance using a sample of banking firm data that spans forty years. We examine the relationship between board structure (size and...

The recent global financial crisis contributes for recognizing the importance of corporate governance mechanisms in the banking industry. Although mixed evidence is associated with the role of board of directors in non-financial industries, a few analyses have been made of the relation between...

The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about bank governance. This paper addresses a long-standing gap in the literature by analyzing the relationship between board governance and performance using a sample of banking firm data that spans 34 years. We find that board independence is...