In this paper, we examine the relationship between the structure of a bank’s board of directors and the bank’s loan portfolio choice (holdings of agricultural, real estate, consumer, and commercial and industrial loans). The board of directors has the responsibility to monitor the loan policy of the bank; therefore, the structure of the board seems likely to influence the portfolio of loans that the bank has outstanding. However, financial institutions are unique in that they have additional external regulatory agencies that also monitor managerial behavior and actions. By means of this logic, bank boards should not influence loan policy. Using a sample of over 300 bank holding companies in 1997, we show evidence consistent with both argume...
This paper explores how bank characteristics and the institutional environment influence the composi...
This paper examines the impact of board composition and activity on bank non-performing loans (NPLs)...
This thesis investigates the role of corporate governance in US bank holding companies between 1998 ...
We study the effect of CEO’s influence in the board of directors’ appointment on bank loans. Theory ...
The authors analyze a range of corporate governance variables as they pertain to a sample of bank ho...
This paper investigates the role of corporate boards in bank loan contracting. We find that when cor...
The thesis aims to contribute to the literature on bank governance by examining the influence of boa...
We address a crucial but underappreciated question: what else besides corporate law matters for corp...
This study examines how outside large shareholders’ monitoring of management, and its interaction wi...
The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about bank governance. This paper addresses a long...
The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about bank governance. This paper addresses a long...
Corporate governance of banks is important and unique (Levine, 2004). Sound bank corporate governanc...
This paper explores how bank characteristics and the institutional environment influence the composi...
This paper examines the trends and endogenous determinants of boards of directors (board size, compo...
This paper investigates what factors determine whether a commercial banker is on the board of a non-...
This paper explores how bank characteristics and the institutional environment influence the composi...
This paper examines the impact of board composition and activity on bank non-performing loans (NPLs)...
This thesis investigates the role of corporate governance in US bank holding companies between 1998 ...
We study the effect of CEO’s influence in the board of directors’ appointment on bank loans. Theory ...
The authors analyze a range of corporate governance variables as they pertain to a sample of bank ho...
This paper investigates the role of corporate boards in bank loan contracting. We find that when cor...
The thesis aims to contribute to the literature on bank governance by examining the influence of boa...
We address a crucial but underappreciated question: what else besides corporate law matters for corp...
This study examines how outside large shareholders’ monitoring of management, and its interaction wi...
The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about bank governance. This paper addresses a long...
The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about bank governance. This paper addresses a long...
Corporate governance of banks is important and unique (Levine, 2004). Sound bank corporate governanc...
This paper explores how bank characteristics and the institutional environment influence the composi...
This paper examines the trends and endogenous determinants of boards of directors (board size, compo...
This paper investigates what factors determine whether a commercial banker is on the board of a non-...
This paper explores how bank characteristics and the institutional environment influence the composi...
This paper examines the impact of board composition and activity on bank non-performing loans (NPLs)...
This thesis investigates the role of corporate governance in US bank holding companies between 1998 ...