Executive board composition and bank risk taking

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-65

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK   (Germany)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Banks; Education; Executives; Gender; Portfolio risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908313090     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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