The study analyzes the relationship between the board diversity and some profiles of the operating performance of BoD.The research is based on a sample of 237 Italian listed firms during the period 2007-2009.The results show a positive relationship between the monitoring activity and the...

The study analyzes the relationship between the board diversity and some profiles of the operating performance of BoD .The research is based on a sample of 237 Italian listed firms during the period 2007-2009. The results show a positive relationship between the monitoring activity and the...

This paper provides a new perspective to evaluate the economic role played by banks in non-performing loans (NPLs) accumulation. We estimate a benchmark NPL levels on the judicial inefficiency dimension, controlling for country- and bank-specific factors. To this end, first, we empirically...