Relationship between corporate governance and bank risk-taking.

• Main Authors: Chua, Jianye., Wong, Angeline Xiaosi., Zhuo, Pinfen.
• Other Authors: Boo, Elfred Hian Yong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate governance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/9658
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the relationship between audit committee chairperson characteristics and the level of credit risk in bank holding companies based on a sample of 347 large U.S. BHCs. We find that credit risk is positively related to the AC chairperson’s banking expertise, and negatively related t...