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Corporate governance in banking: The role of Board of Directors

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Pablo de Andres Alonso () (Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Valladolid)
Eleuterio Vallelado Gonzalez () (Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, University of Valladolid)

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We test hypotheses on the dual role of boards of directors for a sample of large international commercial banks. We find an inverted U shaped relation between bank performance and board size that justifies a large board and imposes an efficient limit to the board’s size; a positive relation between the proportion of non-executive directors and performance; and a proactive role in board meetings. Our results show that bank boards’ composition and functioning are related to directors’ incentives to monitor and advise management. All these relations hold after we control for bank business, institutional differences, size, market power in the banking industry, bank ownership and investors’ legal protection.

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Keywords: Corporate Governance; Board of Directors; Commercial Banks;

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G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Capital and Ownership Structure

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