financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance … ; executives ; risk taking ; age ; gender ; education …. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of …

financial institutions. First, we establish that age, gender, and education jointly affect the variability of bank performance …. Exploiting a unique dataset, we show how age, gender, and education composition of executive teams affect risk taking of … younger executive teams increase risk taking, as do board changes that result in a higher proportion of female executives. In …

needed how banks are governed and how bank governance is associated with performance and risk taking. This report deals with …, risk and efficiency. Compensation analyses show strong variation in compensation schemes between banks and bank divisions … researchers and regulators. Since poor bank governance is seen as a major cause of the recent crisis, a deeper understanding is …