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 recent financial crisis has triggered a major rethink of analytical approaches and policy
toward financial stability. The crisis has encouraged a sharper focus on systemic risk, the …

We analyze the predictive power of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
indicators to forecast bank financial distress using a sample of 362 commercial banks …

Women board members’ impact on ESG disclosure with environment and social dimensions:
evidence from the European banking sector | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies …

Liquidity dried up during the financial crisis of 2007–2009. Banks that relied more heavily on
core deposit and equity capital financing, which are stable sources of financing, continued to …

Banks produce short-term debt for transactions and storing value. The value of this debt
must not vary over time so agents can easily trade it at par like money. To produce money …

Can banks maintain their advantage as liquidity providers when exposed to a financial
crisis? While banks honored credit lines drawn by firms during the 2007 to 2009 crisis, this …

Examining banks across 27 countries, we estimate two measures of the forward-looking
orientation reflected in discretionary loan provisioning practices within a country. We …

This study examines the relevance of bank board structure on bank risk-taking. Using a
sample of 212 large US bank holding companies over 1997–2004 (1534 observations), this …

We study whether board structure (board size, independence and gender diversity) in banks
relates to performance. Using a broad panel of large US bank holding companies over the …