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The Corporate Governance of Banks
Jonathan R. Macey,Maureen O'Hara +1 more
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In this paper, the authors argue that commercial banks pose unique corporate governance problems for managers and regulators, as well as for claimants on the banks' cash flows, such as investors and depositors.Abstract:
The study argues that commercial banks pose unique corporate governance problems for managers and regulators, as well as for claimants on the banks' cash flows, such as investors and depositors The authors support the general principle that fiduciary duties should be owed exclusively to shareholders However, in the special case of banks, they contend that the scope of the fiduciary duties and obligations of officers and directors should be broadened to include creditors In particular, the authors call on bank directors to take solvency risk explicitly and systematically into account when making decisions or else face personal liability for failure to do soread more
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The Effect of Board and Ownership Structure on the Efficiency of Banks in Tunisia: The Stochastic Frontier Approach
Salima Taktak,Mohamed Ali Triki +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the governance characteristics of Tunisian listed banks and detect the impact of the internal governance mechanisms on their efficiency during the period 2002-2009, and find that the structure and the size of the board of directors and the ownership structures present divergent effects on the banks efficiency.
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Impact of board attributes on stock liquidity: evidence from Pakistani panel data
TL;DR: In this paper , the impact of board characteristics on the stock liquidity of Pakistani listed non-financial firms for the period 2007-2016 was investigated using fixed-effects regression model on a sample of 170 nonfinancial firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange for regressing the effect of board attributes on stock liquidity while for addressing the endogeneity two-stage least square (2SLS) and lagged structure models are used.
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ESG dimensions and bank performance: an empirical investigation in Italy
Elisa Menicucci,Guido Paolucci +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the impact of environmental performance, social responsibility and corporate governance on bank performance in the Italian banking sector and found that ESG policies negatively affect operational and market performance.
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Corporate governance in the financial services sector of small island economies: a case study of mauritius
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the practices of corporate governance in the financial services sector of small island economies with special reference to banks and insurance companies in Mauritius with a view to assess the level of compliance.
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