We examine the link between the genetic diversities of executive board members and bank financial misconduct. The … for bank specific variables, including other board characteristics, and to the use of instrumental variables …

period 1995-2007. In our model we used a combination of bank-based and industry-specific variables. Besides using the GMM … that there are not economies of scale if we consider the size of the bank. The results are robust in a number of methods of …

goal of this paper is to investigate the change in operating performance, efficiency, and value addition of US bank mergers … examine the factors that have significant impact on changes in bank performance. Our empirical results lead to the conclusion …

Leadership roles in banking remain dominated by men; only about one in six bank board members is female. Connections … male) board members improve bank profitability and reduce earnings management; (2) connections of women on important board …

enjoy a significant reduction in funding costs if affiliation with a bank extended the federal safety net for banks to cover …

authors stress that bank management contemplating diversification into the commercial sector must be selective about which …

We address two questions: (i) Are bank capital structure and value correlated in the cross section, and if so, how? (ii …) If bank capital does affect bank value, how are the components of bank value affected by capital? We first develop a … dynamic model with a dissipative cost of bank capital that is traded off against the benefits of capital: strengthened …

with at least two distinct behavioral hypotheses. First, bank holding company managers may opt to return excess funds to …Using data from bank holding company regulatory reports, we examine the relationshipbetween stock repurchases and … financial performance for a large sample of bank holding companies over the years 1987 to 1998. The primary result is that …

special focus on bank mergers during the financial crisis of this decade. During this crisis period when many big banks are … event study methodology, we investigate the wealth effect on acquiring banks to understand the market reaction in bank … States and European countries, respectively to the acquiring bank. When we focus on banks with different size and location …