...Yang Liu; Sanjukta Brahma; Agyenim Boateng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of bank ownership structure and ownership concentration on credit risk. Design/methodology/approach Using panel data on a sample of 88 Chinese commercial banks, with 826 observations over...

...Kian Tek Lee; Chee-Wooi Hooy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether any specific informal corporate governance mechanisms under consideration in this study, namely, political connection, business group affiliation and ownership concentration, are able to mitigate...

... index for the year 2015. Findings Political connectedness is significantly associated with lower quality of governance in relation to shareholders’ rights; ownership concentration is associated with lower quality of governance in relation to the overall governance, board of directors, shareholders...