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The Influence of Risk Governance on Risk Outcomes - International Evidence
Lingel, Anna - 2013
In this paper we investigate risk governance in 60 major international financial institutions and its influence on risk … (calculated from equity returns). Risk governance has increased significantly during our sample period. We find the following … variables to be important in determining risk outcomes in subsequent periods: inclusion of the CRO in the senior executive team …
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Chapter 6. Law and Finance After a Decade of Research
La Porta, Rafael; Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; … - 2013
In the last dozen years, economists have produced a considerable body of research suggesting that the historical origin of a country’s laws is highly correlated with a broad range of its legal rules and regulations, as well as with economic outcomes. Much of this research has dealt with rules...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025558
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Governance and the Financial Crisis
Adams, Renee B. - 2012
Should boards of financial firms be blamed for the financial crisis? Using a large sample of data on nonfinancial and financial firms for the period 1996-2007, I document that the governance of financial firms is, on average, not obviously worse than in nonfinancial firms. In fact, using simple...
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Internal Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis : Lessons for Banks, Regulators and Supervisors
Gualandri, Elisabetta - 2011
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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
future development of new research paradigms in law and finance. Finally, this Article advocates a more risk-based approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119443
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Ethical Misconduct and the Global Financial Crisis
Sternberg, Elaine - 2023
On both sides of the Atlantic, greed, the financial services industry and deregulation have been blamed for the ‘Global Financial Crisis’. The genuinely unethical conduct underlying it was actually much more fundamental, pervasive and pernicious; it was positively encouraged by lax fiscal...
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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
monitor the over-emphasis on the maximization of short-term shareholder value without relativizing the risk taken to achieve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228497
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Responding to the global financial and economic crisis : meeting the challenges in Asia
Arner, Douglas W.; Schou-Zibell, Lotte - 2010
Based on a review of international and regional responses to the global financial and economic crisis and its implications for finance in Asia, Douglas Arner and Lotte Schou-Zibell draw lessons for Asian financial systems with regard to the scope of regulation; financial standards; supervision,...
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The UBS-Credit Suisse Merger : Helvetia's Gift
Böni, Pascal; Kroencke, Tim-Alexander; Vasvari, Florin P. - 2023
at the expense of taxpayers: the merger-bailout has increased Switzerland’s sovereign credit risk, resulting in an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014349670
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Investment Propensity of Controlling Shareholders and Financial Constraints : Evidence around the World
Park, Jin Ho - 2012
This paper examines the effect of ownership structure of a controlling shareholder on the financial constraints of non-financial firms in 22 economies for the 1982-2009 period. We find that the overinvestment propensity of a controlling shareholder becomes less severe with an increase in...
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