Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreward 1 / Franklin Allen -- Foreward 2 / Harald Benink -- Foreward 3 / Gerard Caprio and Ross Levine -- Introduction and overview -- James R. Barth, Chen Lin and Clas Wihlborg -- Bank governance : concepts and measurements / Frank M. Song and Li Li -- Bank ownership and performance : a global perspective / Iftekhar Hasan and Liang Song -- Is there conflict between competition and financial stability? / Barbara Casu, Claudia Girardone and Philip Molyneux -- What drives bank operating efficiency? : The role of bank competition and credit sharing information / Chen Lin, Yue Ma and Frank M. Song -- Corporate borrower nationality and global presence : cross-country evidence on the pricing of syndicated bank loans / Joel Houston, Jennifer Itzkowitz and Andy Naranjo -- Lessons learned from recent financial crises / Benton E. Gup -- Bank ownership and risk taking : improving corporate governance in banking after the crisis / Kenneth R. Spong and Richard J. Sullivan -- Executive compensation and risk-taking in European banking / Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak and Willem Pieter De Groen -- CEO pay and risk-taking in banking : the roles of bonus plans and deferred compensation in curbing bank risk-taking / Jens Hagendorff and Francesco Vallascas -- Bank failures and CEO compensation / Walter Dolde and John D. Knopf -- Restricting risk-taking by financial intermediaries through executive compensation / Tom Berglund -- The lost cause : the failure of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission / Peter J. Wallison -- Market discipline for financial institutions and markets for information / Apanard P. Prabha, Clas Wihlborg and Thomas D. Willet -- Moral hazard, bank resolution and the protection of depositors / David G. Mayes -- The governance of 'too big to fail' banks / Andy Mullineux -- Incentives to improve the corporate governance of risk in financial institutions / Richard J. Herring -- The boundary problems in financial regulation / Charles A.E. Goodhart and Rosa M. Lastra -- Financial architecture, prudential regulation and organizational structure / Ingo Walter -- Corporate governance and prudential regulation of banks : is there any connection? / Lawrence J. White -- The policy conundrum of financial market complexity / Hilton L. Root -- The future of financial regulation : reflections from an emerging market perspective / Rakesh Mohan -- Financial innovations, marketability and stability in banking / Arnoud W.A. Boot and Matej Marinč -- Bank acquisitions and strategy since the GLB act / J. Kimball Dietrich -- Social, environmental, ethical and trust (SEET) issues in banking : an overview / Andreas G.F. Hoepner and John O.S. Wilson -- Corporate social responsibility, financial performance and selection bias : evidence from Taiwan's TWSE-listed banks / Chung-Hua Shen and Yuan Chang -- Management turnover, regulatory oversight and performance : evidence from community banks / Ajay A. Palvia -- Redeemability as governance : a study of closed-end and open-end funds under common management / Peter MacKay -- The role of venture capitalists in the acquistion of private companies / Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan -- Governance and microfinance institutions / Rients Galema, Robert Lensink and Roy Mersland -- Bank governance : the case of New Zealand / Don Brash -- Corporate governance in European banking / Francesca Arnaboldi and Barbara Casu -- Debt forgiveness during Japan's lost decade / Satoshi Koibuchi -- Corporate governance of banks in Korea / Heungsik Choe and Byungyoon Lee -- Banking regulatory governance in China : a legal perspective / Yufeng Gong and Zhongfei Zhou -- Corporate governance and bank performance in Thailand / Tientip Subhanij and Wanvimol Sawangngoenyunag -- Governance issues in Indian microfinance / Shubhasis Gangopadhyay and S.K. Shanthi.