This paper investigates how banks and finance companies operate in a family business group. Using uniquely detailed ownership data from Thailand, we...
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The standard narrative of the meltdown of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers assumes that the wealth of the top executives of these firms was largely wiped...
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Across countries, banks have less gender diverse boards than other firms. Bank board diversity is particularly low in countries with greater gender...
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After a crisis, broad-sweeping reforms are enacted to restore trust. With the 2013 Fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), the European Union...
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This Article analyzes the functioning of the European regulatory approach to the crisis of credit institutions, in the framework of EU banking...
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The moral hazard incentives of the bank safety net predict that distressed banks take on more risk and higher leverage. Since many factors reduce these...
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This study examines the relationship between banks' main financial and business characteristics and their lobbying intensity during the last two...
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In this paper we analyse various instances of supervisory centralization either implemented or proposed in Europe in the aftermath of the financial...
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During the financial crisis, questions arose concerning links between the Federal Reserve and the business community. This paper provides the first...
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The financial crisis has demonstrated serious flaws in the corporate governance of systemically important financial firms. In particular, the...
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Financial crises impose large and persistent social costs, making banking stability an important regulatory goal. This paper provides a review of the...
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