Though overall bank performance from July 2007 to December 2008 was the worst since at least the Great Depression … performance of banks during the credit crisis. More specifically, we investigate whether bank performance is related to bank …-level governance, country-level governance, country-level regulation, and bank balance sheet and profitability characteristics before …

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 … non-executive bank employees provided by an international consulting company. The results indicate that both aspects of …

macroeconomic institutions. -- Currency mismatches ; financial dollarisation ; regulation ; capital markets ; emerging Europe …

portfolios, which comprises banks. Notably, the Commerz bank and BNP Paribas, both from developed Europe, demonstrated the most … substantial upside spillover effects. As for emerging Europe, the Greek banks and the Sber bank had the most significant downside …In financial markets, the risk of one bank can spill over into the risk of another. Risk contagion is more common when …

commercial banks from 17 countries of Central and Eastern Europe during the period 2007-2012. Empirical findings highlight the …