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  • 标题:The Impact of Corporate Governance on the Financial Performance of the Banking Sector in the MENA (Middle Eastern and North African) Region: An Immunity Test of Banks for COVID-19
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  • 作者:Hani El-Chaarani ; Rebecca Abraham ; Yahya Skaf
  • 期刊名称:Journal of Risk and Financial Management
  • 印刷版ISSN:1911-8074
  • 出版年度:2022
  • 卷号:15
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:1-21
  • DOI:10.3390/jrfm15020082
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:MDPI, Open Access Journal
  • 摘要:The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of internal and external corporate governance mechanisms on the financial performance of banks in the under-researched Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) region during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Bank annual reports, the Orbis Bank Focus database, and World Bank reports were used to collect both financial and non-financial information on the banking sector, followed by fixed effects regressions and two-stage least squares. Results showed that the corporate governance measures of presence of independent members on the board of directors, high ownership concentration, lack of political pressure on board members, and strong legal protection, had positive effects on bank financial performance. Corporate governance mechanisms, such as performance-based compensation, the presence of women on boards, moderate size of the board, and anti-takeover mechanisms had no significant impact on bank performance during the crisis period. An effective internal and external corporate governance mechanism could improve the financial performance of banks in MENA countries in times of pandemics and crises..
  • 关键词:corporate governance ;bank performance ;COVID-19 ;Middle East and North Africa
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