Endogenously structured boards of directors in banks

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1590-1606

  Pathan, Shams ^a   Skully, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank holding companies; Board of directors; CEO; CEO duality; Endogenous; Independent directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952674980     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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