Abstract Manuscript type Review Research Question/Issue Bank governance has become
the focus of a flurry of recent research and heated policy debates. However, the literature …

Financial crises impose large and persistent social costs, making banking stability important.
This article reviews the central issues surrounding the role bank capital plays in financial …

To study the impact of macroprudential policy on credit supply cycles and real effects, we
analyze dynamic provisioning. Introduced in Spain in 2000, revised four times, and tested in …

Although the modern theory of financial intermediation portrays liquidity creation as an
essential role of banks, comprehensive measures of bank liquidity creation do not exist. We …

The banking sector plays a crucial role in the economic growth of a nation. The purpose of
this study is to examine the long-term association between banks' performance and the …

Having female board members brings ethical/societal perspectives and new resources to
decision making. However, there is lack of evidence on whether it mitigates bank excessive …

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 …

This paper investigates the relationship between the two major sources of bank default risk:
liquidity risk and credit risk. We use a sample of virtually all US commercial banks during the …

Expanding access to commercial credit is a key ingredient of financial development
strategies. There is less consensus on whether expanding access to consumer credit helps …

The theory of financial intermediation highlights various channels through which capital and
liquidity are interrelated. Using a simultaneous equations framework, we investigate the …