Governance and bank's capital structure: empirical evidence from a cross countries analysis
by Adeoye Amuda Afolabi
African J. of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (AJAAF), Vol. 3, No. 2, 2014

Abstract: This paper examines the role of bank ownership structure on capital structure by [using the financial and ownership data from Caprio et al. (2007) that covered 244 banks across 44 countries]. We classified banks across the countries with geographical regional dummies indicating if the banks are located in Asia, Africa and Latin America (the reference category being OECD countries). We find that family-owner managed firms tend to have a lower debt. In addition, excessive control right of the controlling owner may significantly increase bank leverage. We suggest that in a family-owner managed firms there should be more dilution of ownership so that minority are not exploited as too much loan may lower bank value. Thus, banks need to be better regulated as excessive leverage has been identified as one of the reasons for the current financial crisis.

Online publication date: Sat, 20-Dec-2014

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