Does it pay to have friends? Social ties and executive appointments in banking

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2087-2105

  Berger, Allen N ^a,b,c   Kick, Thomas ^d   Koetter, Michael ^e   Schaeck, Klaus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

^e FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Corporate governance; Executive careers; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875833180     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.01.040     Document Type: Article

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