Board monitoring, regulation, and performance in the banking industry: Evidence from the market for corporate control

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-395

  Hagendorff, Jens ^a   Collins, Michael ^b   Keasey, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Banks; Corporate Governance; Mergers; Performance; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956608650     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00815.x     Document Type: Article

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