corporate governance matter. Higher executive team expertise is associated with superior bank outcomes regarding performance … researchers and regulators. Since poor bank governance is seen as a major cause of the recent crisis, a deeper understanding is … needed how banks are governed and how bank governance is associated with performance and risk taking. This report deals with …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …

We investigate the (unintended) effects of bank executive compensation regulation. Capping the share of variable … bank performance appears to be unaffected by the bonus cap. Risk hikes are consistent with an insurance effect associated …

We investigate the (unintended) effects of bank executive compensation regulation. Capping the share of variable … retain executives. However, risk-adjusted bank performance deteriorated, consistent with reduced incentives to exert effort …

We study if the regulation of bank executive compensation has unintended consequences. Based on novel data on CEO and …

the relationship between board structure (size and composition) and bank performance, as well as some determinants of … board structure. We document that mergers and acquisitions activity influences bank board composition, and we provide new … evidence that organizational structure is significantly related to bank board size. We argue that these factors may explain why …

Using a large dataset of firm-bank and ownership information for 23 European countries over 2008-2015, we study the … dynamics of bank relationships after corporate acquisitions and the effects of changing banks on firm performance. Foreign … help reduce the cost of financing. We further explore firm and bank heterogeneity and confirm cost of financing and …

significantly. The Asian financial crisis and the structural reform had the effect of slowing the adjustment speed of bank … efficiency. -- Banks ; Efficiency ; Indonesia ; Convergence …