This study analyses the effect of board diversity (gender and nationality) on performance in
banks. By making use of a sample of 159 banks in nine countries during the period 2004 …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the corporate governance of banks. We start
by highlighting the main differences between banks and nonfinancial firms and focus on …

The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effect of corporate governance on
the relationship between capital structure and firm performance. This study uses secondary …

This paper studies the significant variation in the cross-section of standalone and systemic
risk of large banks during the recent financial crisis to identify bank specific factors that …

We examine whether the difference in governance structures influences the risk taking and
performance of Islamic banks compared to conventional banks. Using a sample of 52 …

We investigate the influence of the dual board structure on the financial performance of
Islamic banks. The paper also investigates the unique agency relationships using a sample …

Little is known about how the demographic characteristics of executive teams affect
corporate governance in banking. Exploiting a unique dataset, we investigate how age …

The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about bank governance. This paper
addresses a long-standing gap in the literature by analyzing the relationship between board …

Though overall bank performance from July 2007 to December 2008 was the worst since the
Great Depression, there is significant variation in the cross-section of stock returns of large …

This paper reviews, appraises, and critiques theoretical and empirical research on the
connections between the operation of the financial system and economic growth. While …