Corporate Governance and Bank Insolvency Risk : International Evidence

Corporate Governance and Bank Insolvency Risk : International Evidence

This paper finds that shareholder-friendly corporate governance is positively associated with bank insolvency risk, as proxied by the Z-score and the Merton's distance to default measure, for an international sample of banks over the 2004-08...

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Main Authors:	Anginer, Deniz, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Huizinga, Harry, Ma, Kebin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSET GROWTH ASSET VALUE ASSET VALUES ASSETS RATIO AUDIT COMMITTEE AUDITING AUDITORS BALANCE SHEET BANK ACTIVITIES BANK ASSET BANK ASSETS BANK BAILOUTS BANK CAPITAL BANK CAPITALIZATION BANK FAILURE BANK FAILURES BANK HOLDING BANK HOLDING COMPANIES BANK INSOLVENCY BANK LENDING BANK LIABILITIES BANK LOAN BANK LOANS BANK REGULATION BANK RISK BANK SIZE BANKING INDUSTRY BANKING SECTOR BANKRUPTCY BANKS BOOK VALUE BUDGET BALANCE BUSINESS CYCLE CALL OPTION CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL ASSETS CAPITAL RATIO CAPITAL RATIOS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CAPITALIZATION CASH FLOW CDS COLLATERAL COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION CONTINGENT CLAIM CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY CORPORATE DEBT CORPORATE FINANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORMS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REGIMES COUNTRY COVERAGE COUNTRY DATA COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CREDIBILITY CREDIT EXPANSION CREDIT RISK CREDITORS CREDITWORTHINESS DEBT DEFAULT PROBABILITIES DEFAULT RISK DEFICITS DEGREE OF RISK DEPENDENT DEPOSIT DEPOSIT FUNDING DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSITS DEREGULATION DISTRESSED BANKS DIVIDEND DIVIDEND RATE DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC GROWTH EQUITY HOLDER EQUITY PRICES EQUITY RATIO EQUITY RETURNS EQUITY VALUE FACE VALUE FAIR VALUE FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK FEE INCOME FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTABILITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL SAFETY NET FINANCIAL SAFETY NETS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STUDIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL BALANCE FIXED ASSETS FOREIGN FIRMS GOVERNANCE INDEX GOVERNANCE INDICES GOVERNANCE PRACTICES GOVERNANCE VARIABLES GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROWTH RATE HOLDINGS HOLDINGS OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INDIVIDUAL BANKS INFLATION INFLATION RATE INSOLVENCY RISK INSOLVENT INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE PREMIUM INTANGIBLE INTEREST INCOME INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERPOLATION INVESTING INVESTOR PROTECTION LARGE BANKS LIABILITY LIABILITY SIDE LOAN LOSS LOAN LOSS PROVISIONING LOAN PERFORMANCE LOAN QUALITY MARKET DATA MARKET DISCIPLINE MARKET EQUITY MARKET VALUE MARKET VALUE OF EQUITY MERGERS MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS MORAL HAZARD MORTGAGE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES NATIONAL BANKS NATIONAL ECONOMY NON-PERFORMING LOANS NONPERFORMING LOANS NPL OPERATING INCOME OVERSIGHT OF BANK PERFORMANCE RISK POLICY IMPLICATIONS PROBABILITY OF BANKRUPTCY PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC DEFICITS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC POLICY PUT OPTION RAPID ECONOMIC EXPANSION RATE OF RETURN REAL ESTATE REGULATORS REGULATORY OVERSIGHT REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS REPUTATION RESTRICTIONS ON BANK ACTIVITIES RETURN ON ASSETS RETURN ON EQUITY RISK CONTROLS RISK MANAGEMENT RISK TAKING RISK WEIGHT RISK WEIGHTED ASSETS RISK WEIGHTS RISK-FREE RATE RISKY ASSETS SECURITIES MARKETS SHARE PRICE SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDERS SHORT-TERM BORROWING STOCK OPTION STOCK OPTIONS STOCK PRICE STOCK RETURNS SUPERVISORY AGENCY SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES TANGIBLE ASSETS TAX TRADING TRADING INCOME TRANSACTION TREASURY TREASURY BILL TREASURY BILL RATE VALUATION VALUE OF ASSETS VALUE OF DEBT VOLATILITY WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20163225/corporate-governance-bank-insolvency-risk-international-evidence http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20343

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20163225/corporate-governance-bank-insolvency-risk-international-evidence
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20343

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