Research Handbook on International Banking and Governance

Contents: Foreword 1 by Franklin Allen Foreword 2 by Harald Benink Foreword 3 by Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine Introduction and Overview James R. Barth, Chen Lin and Clas Wihlborg PART I: OWNERSHIP, EFFICIENCY AND STABILITY 1. Bank Governance: Concepts and Measurements Frank M. Song and Li Li 2. Bank Ownership and Performance: A Global Perspective Iftekhar Hasan and Liang Song 3. Is There a Conflict between Competition and Financial Stability? Barbara Casu, Claudia Girardone and Philip Molyneux 4. What Drives Bank Operating Efficiency? The Role of Bank Competition and Credit Information Sharing Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Frank M. Song 5. Corporate Borrower Nationality and Global Presence: Cross-Country Evidence on the Pricing of Syndicated Bank Loans Joel Houston, Jennifer Itzkowitz and Andy Naranjo 6. Lessons Learned from Recent Financial Crises Benton E. Gup PART II: COMPENSATION, PERFORMANCE AND RISK 7. Bank Ownership and Risk Taking: Improving Corporate Governance in Banking after the Crisis Kenneth R. Spong and Richard J. Sullivan 8. Executive Compensation and Risk-taking in European Banking Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak and Willem Pieter De Groen 9. CEO Pay and Risk-taking in Banking: The Roles of Bonus Plans and Deferred Compensation in Curbing Bank Risk-taking Jens Hagendorff and Francesco Vallascas 10. Bank Failures and CEO Compensation Walter Dolde and John D. Knopf 11. Restricting Risk-taking by Financial Intermediaries through Executive Compensation Tom Berglund PART III: MARKET DISCIPLINE: PREREQUISITES AND EFFECTIVENESS 12. The Lost Cause: The Failure of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Peter J. Wallison 13. Market Discipline for Financial Institutions and Markets for Information Apanard P. Prabha, Clas Wihlborg and Thomas D. Willett 14. Moral Hazard, Bank Resolution and the Protection of Depositors David G. Mayes 15. The Governance of 'Too Big to Fail' Banks Andy Mullineux 16. Incentives to Improve the Corporate Governance of Risk in Financial Institutions Richard J. Herring PART IV: GOVERNANCE, REGULATION AND SUPERVISION 17. The Boundary Problems in Financial Regulation Charles A.E. Goodhart and Rosa M. Lastra 18. Financial Architecture, Prudential Regulation and Organizational Structure Ingo Walter 19. Corporate Governance and Prudential Regulation of Banks: Is There Any Connection? Lawrence J. White 20. The Policy Conundrum of Financial Market Complexity Hilton L. Root 21. The Future of Financial Regulation: Reflections from an Emerging Market Perspective Rakesh Mohan PART V: GOVERNANCE, STRATEGY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 22. Financial Innovations, Marketability and Stability in Banking Arnoud W.A. Boot and Matej Marinc 23. Bank Acquisitions and Strategy since the GLB Act J. Kimball Dietrich 24. Social, Environmental, Ethical and Trust (SEET) Issues in Banking: An Overview Andreas G.F. Hoepner and John O.S. Wilson 25. Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Performance and Selection Bias: Evidence from Taiwan's TWSE-listed Banks Chung-Hua Shen and Yuan Chang PART VI: GOVERNANCE IN NON-BANK FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 26. Management Turnover, Regulatory Oversight and Performance: Evidence from Community Banks Ajay A. Palvia 27. Redeemability as Governance: A Study of Closed-end and Open-end Funds under Common Management Peter MacKay 28. The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisition of Private Companies Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan 29. Governance and Microfinance Institutions Rients Galema, Robert Lensink and Roy Mersland PART VII: REGIONAL AND COUNTRY STUDIES 30. Bank Governance: The Case of New Zealand Don Brash 31. Corporate Governance in European Banking Francesca Arnaboldi and Barbara Casu 32. Debt Forgiveness during Japan's Lost Decade Satoshi Koibuchi 33. Corporate Governance of Banks in Korea Heungsik Choe and Byungyoon Lee 34. Banking Regulatory Governance in China: A Legal Perspective Yufeng Gong and Zhongfei Zhou 35. Corporate Governance and Bank Performance in Thailand Tientip Subhanij and Wanvimol Sawangngoenyuang 36. Governance Issues in Indian Microfinance Shubhashis Gangopadhyay and S.K. Shanthi Index