Corporate Governance in the Swedish Banking Sector

Johanna Palmberg

No 226, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: This paper studies the corporate governance structure among Swedish banks. Who controls the Swedish banks and what characteristics does the Swedish banking sector have? Issues related to corporate governance such as ownership structure, board of directors and control-enhancing mechanisms will be studied. The Swedish banking law, how Swedish banks handled the financial crises and government measures to deal with the financial crisis is also analyzed.

Keywords: banking; Sweden; ownership; corporate governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2010-04-10
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