How Does Corporate Governance Affect Bank Capitalization Strategies?

How Does Corporate Governance Affect Bank Capitalization Strategies?

This paper examines how corporate governance and executive compensation affected bank capitalization strategies for an international sample of banks in 2003-2011. "Good" corporate governance, which favors shareholder interests, is found t...

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Main Authors:	Anginer, Deniz, Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Huizinga, Harry, Ma, Kebin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS AGENCY COSTS AGENCY PROBLEMS ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISION ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS ASSETS RATIO BAILOUTS BANK ASSETS BANK CAPITAL BANK CAPITALIZATION BANK FAILURE BANK FAILURES BANK HOLDING BANK HOLDING COMPANIES BANK MARKET BANK REGULATION BANK RISK BANK VALUATION BANKING CRISIS BANKING INDUSTRY BANKS BOARD MEMBERS BOARD MEMBERSHIP BOOK VALUE BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL ADJUSTMENT CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL STRUCTURE CAPITAL STRUCTURES CASH FLOWS CDS CEO CEOS CHECKS CHIEF EXECUTIVE COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMON EQUITY COMMON SHARE COMMON SHAREHOLDER COMMON SHAREHOLDERS COMMON SHARES COMPANIES ACT COMPANY COMPENSATION PACKAGE COMPENSATION PACKAGES COMPENSATION POLICIES CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AFFECT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AFFECTS DEBT DELAWARE DELTA DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIVIDEND PAYMENT DIVIDEND PAYMENTS DIVIDEND POLICIES DIVIDEND POLICY DIVIDENDS DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES EQUITY CAPITAL EQUITY CAPITAL MARKET EX ANTE EXPECTED VALUE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL STUDIES FREE RIDER FREE RIDER PROBLEMS GOVERNANCE ISSUES GOVERNMENT BONDS GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES HUMAN CAPITAL INCENTIVES OF SHAREHOLDERS INCOME INCORPORATED INDEPENDENT BOARDS INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER INSURANCE PREMIUM INTERESTS OF SHAREHOLDERS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ISSUANCE LIMITED LOAN LOWER LEVERAGE MANAGERS MARKET DATA MARKET VALUE MINORITY INTERESTS MINORITY SHAREHOLDER MINORITY SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS MONETARY FUND MORTGAGE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES NEGATIVE INCOME SHOCK NEGATIVE INCOME SHOCKS NEGATIVE SHOCK NEGATIVE SHOCKS PAYOUT PENSION PENSION RIGHTS PORTFOLIO POSITIVE COEFFICIENT POSITIVE COEFFICIENTS PRICE INCREASES PRICE MOVEMENTS PRICE RISK PRICE VOLATILITY PRINCIPLE OF SHAREHOLDER PRIMACY PRIVATE INVESTORS PROXY RATE OF RETURN RESERVES RETURN RETURN ON ASSETS RETURNS RISK CONTROLS RISK TAKING RISK WEIGHTED ASSETS SAFETY NET SHARE OWNERSHIP SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDER INTERESTS SHAREHOLDER VALUE SHAREHOLDERS STOCK INVESTORS STOCK ISSUANCE STOCK MARKET STOCK OPTION STOCK OPTIONS STOCK OWNERSHIP STOCK PRICE SUBORDINATED DEBT TAKEOVER TANGIBLE ASSETS TAX TIER 1 CAPITAL TIER 2 CAPITAL VALUATION VALUATIONS WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18343642/corporate-governance-affect-bank-capitalization-strategies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16853

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Summary:	This paper examines how corporate governance and executive compensation affected bank capitalization strategies for an international sample of banks in 2003-2011. "Good" corporate governance, which favors shareholder interests, is found to give rise to lower bank capitalization. Boards of intermediate size, separation of the chief executive officer and chairman roles, and an absence of anti-takeover provisions, in particular, lead to low bank capitalization. However, executive options and stock wealth invested in the bank are associated with better capitalization except just before the crisis in 2006. In that year, stock options wealth was associated with lower capitalization, which suggests that potential gains from taking on more bank risk outweighed the prospect of additional loss. Banks' tendencies to continue payouts to shareholders after experiencing negative income shocks are shown to reflect executive risk-taking incentives.

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