Board Members and Board Characteristics Effect on Bank Performance in Turkey
Abstract
This study analyzes the effect of board member’s characteristics (political, national and gender) and board characteristics (board size, CEO-chairman duality) on bank performance, with the main attention being on the political board directors, in Turkey. By making use of a sample of 31 commercial banks in Turkey, during the period of 2002-2013, our empirical evidence shows that political board directors have a significantly negative impact on bank performance. We found new evidence that not only political board directors inhibit bank performance, but politically connected banks also have less accounting performance than their nonconnected counterparts. Similarly, our results indicate that foreign board directors also affect negatively bank
performance. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that gender diversity, board size and CEO-Chairman duality has no impact on bank performance. Our results are robust to the alternative time-period and estimation models.
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References
- Referans 1 Aburime, T. Uhomoibhi. (2009), “Impact of Political Affiliation on Bank Profitability in Nigeria”, African Journal of Accounting, Economics, Finance and Banking Research, 4(4): 61-75.
Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
İbrahim Yılmaz
This is me
0000-0002-6081-6648
Publication Date
July 29, 2019
Submission Date
January 5, 2018
Acceptance Date
October 30, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 74 Number: 3
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https://doi.org/10.31795/baunsobed.1175915