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Measuring the Board’s Members Effect on Banks’ Performance: An Application to Portugal

The International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences

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Title Measuring the Board’s Members Effect on Banks’ Performance: An Application to Portugal
 
Creator Pereira, Vitor Manuel Morais; Lisbon Institute of Accounting and Administration, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (ISCAL-IPL), Lisboa, Portugal
Filipe, José António; Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL), ISTAR-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
 
Subject
Board’s characteristics; bank performance; corporate governance; boards of directors; educational background; Portuguese banks.
 
Description This paper provides a model for analyzing the relationship between boards’ members characteristics and companies performances. In this paper, Portuguese Banks were studied. An index was used to measure the educational qualifications of Banks boards´ members in order to quantify their impact on banks’ performance. Results show that there is a significant influence of education index over banks ROAE but not over banks ROAA.
 
Publisher International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences
 
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Date 2016-06-02
 
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ojs.excelingtech.co.uk/index.php/IJLTFES/article/view/1235
10.2047/ijltfesvol5iss4-1015-1030
 
Source International Journal of Latest Trends in Finance and Economic Sciences; Vol 5, No 4 (2015): December; 1015-1030
 
Language en
 
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