Vor dem Hintergrund von Bilanzskandalen und Unternehmensschieflagen ist die Forderung nach der Einrichtung von Prüfungsausschüssen innerhalb des Aufsichtsrats zunehmend ein Thema. Marcel Steller untersucht, inwiefern ein Prüfungsausschuss unter Berücksichtigung der dualistischen...

We document and analyze board committee structures utilizing a novel dataset containing full board committee membership for over 6,000 firms. Board committees provide benefits (specialization, efficiency, and accountability benefits) and costs (information segregation). Consistent with these...

We develop a theory of bank board risk committees. With this theory, such committees are valuable even though there is no expectation that bank risk is lower if the bank has a well-functioning risk committee. As predicted by our theory (1) many large and complex banks voluntarily chose to have a...