This paper examines the relationship between gender diversity in corporate boards and executive positions and bank risk … are riskier and more profitable than male-led banks. Given the impact of bank performance on the international economy …

, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela). The empirical analysis combines intra-bank determinants of its … performance (bank-based variables) and extra-bank variables (institutional-based exogenous variables) through the GMM system … the capital ratio and profitability, supporting the efficiency-risk, franchise-value, and agency cost hypotheses. Second …

We analyze the impact of macroeconomic-industrial and bank-specific factors on Latin American banks' performance. For …, México, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela over the period from 1995 to 2010. Our results show that, on the one hand, bank … specialization degree, and to macroeconomic-industrial factors such as economic growth, inflation, and bank concentration. On the …

created as a collaboration between Santander Bank and the University of Cantabria. SANFI works to identify, develop, support …

This paper identifies the determinants of bank profits and net interest margins using a balanced panel of 167 banks for … America. Our fixed effects regression model strongly indicates that gross domestic product, bank concentration and inflation … have weak influence on bank profitability while bank size, capital adequacy, liquidity ratio, cost-income ratio and loan …