Are There Differences in Boards of Directors Between Banks and Non-financial Firms? Some Evidence from EU Listed Companies

Vittorio Boscia (), Valeria Stefanelli () and Andrea Ventura ()
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Vittorio Boscia: University of Salento
Valeria Stefanelli: University of Salento
Andrea Ventura: University of Salento

Chapter Chapter 5 in Corporate Governance in Banking and Investor Protection, 2018, pp 91-106 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study compares the board features of major listed bank and non-financial firms in Europe. We find that at the industry-specific level the structure of bank board’s is similar to that of non-financial firms, although banks tend to have more meetings and committees. Second, when we consider country-specific board diversity, bank boards are similar across countries apart from in Spain where the bank boards have a higher presence of older directors, a lower number of independents and foreigners, and more meetings. Finally, when we look at domestic-specific board diversity differences we find no statistically significant differences. All in all there is not much difference between bank and non-financial boards.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70007-6_5

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