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is greater a) in banks belonging to the major banking groups, with larger and younger boards; and b) in banks that are …
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uncertainty (EPU) and bank liquidity hoarding (LH). We focus on the Russian banking sector, which, relative to most of the world … banking sector. While higher economic policy uncertainty tends to increase liquidity hoarding, we find this effect diminishes …
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This study examines the implications of CEO power on the board structure of banks in the Ghanaian banking industry …
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Previous literature has shown mixed results on the role of female participation on bank boards and bank performance: some papers find that more women on boards enhance financial performance, while others find negative or no effects. Applying Instrumental Variables methods to data on...
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Leadership roles in banking remain dominated by men; only about one in six bank board members is female. Connections …
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This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded on the national stock market between 1998 and 2014. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative...
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The paper investigates how management board composition of banking institutions impacts their risk-taking behavior in … selected biographical information on management board members of the Czech financial institutions holding a banking license … over 2001-2012 period. For the Czech banking sector overall, we find that higher proportions of non-national directors …
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Little is known about how socioeconomic characteristics of executive teams affect corporate governance in banking …
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Using data across European corporate boards, we investigate the effects of quota-induced female representation on firm value and operations, under minimal identification assumptions. We consider sharp increases in the share of women on boards that arise due to rounding whenever percentage-based...
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The effects of board gender diversity (BGD) on financial stability of financial institutions have long been an important topic, creating a rich strand of literature that focuses extensively on banks. Meanwhile, little is known about the implications of BGD on risk in microfinance institutions...
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