This dissertation comprises four essays investigating the impact of bank governance structures on performance, risk, and stability. The first three studies analyze financial expertise of supervisory board members as a governance instrument: The first study focuses on the extent to which supervisory board members may be regarded as financially literate. The second study places emphasis on the impact of expertise on performance, risk, and stability at German savings banks, while the third study comprises the comparison of the mentioned impact at savings and cooperative banks. Finally, the fourth study analyzes the impact of ownership concentration on banks' performance, risk, and stability on a global level.
- ISBN10 3653027306
- ISBN13 9783653027303
- Publish Date 18 December 2012 (first published 17 December 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Peter Lang GmbH
- Edition 150th ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 208
- Language English