Journal Article
Is corporate governance different for bank holding companies?
Mehran, Hamid; Adams, Renee B. (2003-04)
The authors analyze a range of corporate governance variables as they pertain to a sample of bank holding companies (BHCs) and manufacturing firms. They find that BHCs have larger boards and that the percentage of outside directors on these boards is significantly higher; also, BHC boards have more committees and meet slightly more frequently. Conversely, the proportion of CEO stock option pay to salary plus bonuses as well as the percentage and market value of direct equity holdings are smaller for bank holding companies. Furthermore, fewer institutions hold shares of BHCs relative to shares ...
Economic Policy Review , Volume 9 , Issue Apr , Pages 123-142

Conference Paper
Board structure, banking firm performance and the bank holding company organizational form
Mehran, Hamid; Adams, Renee B. (2003)
Proceedings , Paper 866

Report
Corporate performance, board structure, and their determinants in the banking industry
Mehran, Hamid; Adams, Renee B. (2008)
The subprime crisis highlights how little we know about the governance of banks. This paper addresses a long-standing gap in the literature by analyzing board governance using a sample of banking firm data that spans forty years. We examine the relationship between board structure (size and composition) and bank performance, as well as some determinants of board structure. We document that mergers and acquisitions activity influences bank board composition, and we provide new evidence that organizational structure is significantly related to bank board size. We argue that these factors may ...
Staff Reports , Paper 330