Risk management, corporate governance, and bank performance in the financial crisis

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3213-3226

  Aebi, Vincent ^a   Sabato, Gabriele ^b   Schmid, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Group Risk Management   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank performance; Chief risk officer; Corporate governance; Financial crisis; Risk governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866846686     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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