Bank governance, regulation, supervision, and risk reporting: Evidence from operational risk disclosures in European banks

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 254-273

  Barakat, Ahmed ^a,c   Hussainey, Khaled ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Main Campus   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bank regulation and supervision; Basel II (Pillar 3); Corporate governance; European banks; Operational risk disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888844029     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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