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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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Corporate Governance and Banks: What Have We Learned From the Financial Crisis?
TL;DR: The authors explored the origins of excessive risk-taking in the banking industry and provided the analytical ammunition required to rigorously examine regulatory policy at a time when it is undergoing a complete metamorphosis.
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Gender Diversity on European Banks’ Boards of Directors
Ruth Mateos de Cabo,Ruth Mateos de Cabo,Ricardo Gimeno,Ricardo Gimeno,Ricardo Gimeno,María J. Nieto,María J. Nieto +6 more
TL;DR: This article investigated the gender diversity of the corporate board of European Union banks and identified organizational characteristics that could be predictive of women's presence on bank boards, and they identified three factors that play a particularly important role in defining bank board gender diversity.
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Executive Compensation and Business Policy Choices at U.S. Commercial Banks
TL;DR: This paper examined whether and how the terms of CEO compensation contracts at large commercial banks between 1994 and 2006 influenced, or were influenced by, the risky business policy decisions made by these firms.
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Performance and Trade-offs in Microfinance Organizations - Does Ownership Matter?
Roy Mersland,R. Øystein Strøm +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether the superiority of shareholder-owned MFOs is empirically supported and found that mutual and non-profit ownership can compete successfully with investor ownership in the micro finance market.
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Corporate Governance of Banks: A Survey
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the empirical literature on the corporate governance of banks and highlighted the main differences between banks and non-financial firms and focus on three characteristics which make banks special: (i) regulation, (ii) the capital structure of banks, and (iii) the complexity and opacity of their business and structure.
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