...John Agyekum Addae; Jorge Mota; António Moreira Purpose This study examines the influence of corporate governance, firm-level characteristics, external factors and risk-taking on bank credit ratings in three distinct regions: Africa, the EU13 and Latin America/Caribbean. Design/methodology...

...M. Kabir Hassan; Rashedul Hasan; Hassan Bataineh; Mahfuzul Haque Purpose This study investigates the influence of board gender diversity on policy decisions within the banking sector, with a specific focus on the adoption of environmental risk management policies. Drawing on critical mass theory...

...Nugroho Saputro; Putra Pamungkas; Irwan Trinugroho; Yoshia Christian Mahulette; Bruno Sergio Sergi; Goh Lim Thye Purpose This paper investigated whether a bank’s popularity and depositors' fear of Google search volume could affect bank deposits and credit. Design/methodology/approach...

...Oussama Gafrej Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the performance of the multiple linear regression (MLR) using a fixed-effects model (FE) and artificial neural network (ANN) models to predict the level of customer deposits on a sample of Tunisian commercial banks. Design/methodology/approach...

...Sirajo Aliyu; Ahmed Rufai Mohammad; Norazlina Abd. Wahab Purpose This study aims to empirically investigate the impact of political instability on the banking stability of the dual banking system in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. Design/methodology/approach The study...

...Prashant Kumar Gupta; Seema Sharma Purpose This paper compares the impact of corporate governance determinants of asset quality between India’s public and private sector banks. The article identifies which corporate governance determinant is better utilized between the two sectors. The findings...

...Oumeima Kacem; Sana El Harbi Purpose This paper has a triple objective: first, to investigate the effect of the adoption of ethics codes on bank performance, second, to analyse the role played by the risk committee (RC) effectiveness in improving bank performance and finally, to assess...

...Cristina Bailey; Matias Sokolowski Purpose This study contributes to a growing body of literature on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by examining how lender incentives affected prioritization of large borrowers. In addition, this study separately examines incentives for commercial banks...

... the sector-specific indicators: earnings management, banking resilience, management efficiency, and profitability. The authors controlled the models by size and type of control. Findings The findings indicate that the efficiency of financial companies' securities is affected by aspects related...

...Bijoy Rakshit; Samaresh Bardhan Purpose The paper measures the degree of bank competition in Indian banking over the period 1996–2016. Using bank-level annual data, we revisit the case of banking competitiveness during the prefinancial and postfinancial crisis and examine whether the global...

.../methodology/approach The authors characterize the decentralized network formation of financial institutions in three stages through which institutions choose to become member banks connected to a central bank, bank-holding company subsidiaries or non-banks. Financial institutions choose one of the three...

...Elizabeth Cooper; Christopher Henderson; Andrew Kish Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the banking industry using Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) as an experimental backdrop. Design/methodology/approach The authors match...

...Youssef Mohamed Riahi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of discretionary loan loss provisions (DLLPs) and non-performing loans (NPLs) on the liquidity risk of both Islamic banks (IBs) and conventional banks (CBs) before and after the global crisis that hit nations...

...Tahseen Mohsan Khan; Syed Kumail Abbas Rizvi; Ramla Sadiq Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Pakistani banks manage their portfolios (lending vs investment) when the economic indicators are not supportive. This study investigates three aspects of the banking system in Pakistan...

... specific characteristics, banking industry and macroeconomic conditions, on efficiency. Findings Credit unions’ CE averaged 38.9 percent compared to 54.4 percent for technical efficiency. The authors find that technical efficiency does not translate into CE and vice versa. Practical implications...

...Silvio John Camilleri; Luke Grima; Simon Grima Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the share price volatility of Mediterranean banks and their dividend policies, with particular emphasis on the variation of results across sub-samples and the outcomes when...

...Abdul Latif Alhassan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the non-linear relationship between income diversification and efficiency of Ghanaian banks within the universal banking era. Design/methodology/approach – The stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) technique is employed...

...Sara Jonsson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the design of loan officer reward systems affects bank credit losses caused by commercial clients. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses an agent-based model to investigate how the design of reward systems...

...Stefano Dell'Atti; Vincenzo Pacelli; Gilda Mazzarelli Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims to measure and compare the efficiency change of French, German, Italian, Spanish and UK banking groups in a context of financial crisis, over the period 2006-2010; second...

...Ruth Tacneng Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of minority foreign ownership on the risk taking behavior and performance of domestic banks in a country where foreign ownership restrictions are imposed. Design/methodology/approach – Mainly controlled by family...