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Sound corporate governance is essential for a well-functioning banking system and the integrity of financial markets. The paper discusses the corporate governance of Italian banks, its regulatory framework, and the specific challenges arising from the role played by foundations and large...
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This paper develops a model of banking to study the risk-taking consequences of contingent capital (CC). It begins with the observation that partial conversion of CC provides its owners with a portfolio of equity and debt. Since the former (latter) asset typically induces a preference for risk...
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. At the transition point there is a jumpin risk taking, as private banks do not internalize the social costs of bank … data complementing existing evidence that financial instability is highest when bank control is capturedby small lobbies. …
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important institutions. Our findings indicate that bank owners are aware of the risk of losing charter value in an environment …
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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 …
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, an insight into how the ownership structure of a bank affects investment decisions, performance and ultimately insolvency …
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Life insurers' odds of being placed under regulatory control (for example, conservatorship or receivership) during the financial crisis years of 2008 and 2009 increased with deteriorating fundamentals at a much higher rate than during normal times or during the previous recession. However, no...
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bank ties, institutional ownership and analyst coverage, are the key risk-mitigating factors. Research limitations …
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concentrated ownership improves banks' liquidity. Further, the recent financial crisis does not appear to change the fundamental … associations among ownership concentration, capital adequacy, and liquidity …
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