Bank governance and regulation

L. Laeven

Bank governance and regulation

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Abstract

Recent financial regulatory reforms target banks’ risk-taking behaviours without considering their ownership and governance. This chapter argues that bank governance influences how regulations alter bank’s incentives. Banks with more powerful owners tend to take more risks, and greater capital requirements actually increase risk-taking in banks with powerful shareholders. Bank regulation should condition on bank governance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Future of Banking
Editors	T.H.L. Beck
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
Pages	49-56
Number of pages	103
ISBN (Print)	9781907142468
Publication status	Published - 2011

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