Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks

The separation between ownership and the control of capital in banks generates differences in the preferences for risk among shareholders and the manager. These differences could imply a corporate governance problem in banks with a dispersed ownership, since owners fail to exert control in the alloc...

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Economía financiera
corporate governance
banking risk
Corporaciones financieras
Evaluación de riesgos
Bancos comerciales
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spelling Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banksEconomía financieracorporate governancebanking riskCorporaciones financierasEvaluación de riesgosBancos comercialesThe separation between ownership and the control of capital in banks generates differences in the preferences for risk among shareholders and the manager. These differences could imply a corporate governance problem in banks with a dispersed ownership, since owners fail to exert control in the allocation of capital. In this paper we examine the relationship between the ownership structure and risk for Colombian banks. Our results suggest that a high ownership concentration leads to higher levels of risk.Universidad del RosarioFacultad de Economía20112015-09-18T14:25:37Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_804212 páginasRecurso electrónicoapplication/pdfDocumentoMartínez, C., & Ramírez, M. (2011). Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks. Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario.https://doi.org/10.48713/10336_10822 Universidad del Rosariohttp://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/10822Anderson R., and Fraser D. (2000) “Corporate control, bank risk taking, and the health of the banking industry” Journal of Banking and Finance 24, 1383 - 1398Boyd J., and De Nicoló G. (2005) “The theory of bank risk taking and competition revisited” Journal of Finance, Vol. 60, 1329 - 1343Boyd J., De Nicoló G., and Jalal A. (2006) “The theory of bank risk taking and competition revisited: New Theory and New Evidence” IMF Working Paper 297Boyd J., and Runkle D. (1993) “Size and Performance of Banking Firms” Journal of Monetary Economics 31Caprio G., and Levine R. (2002) “Corporate governance in Finance: concepts and international observations” paper prepared for the 2002 World Bank, IMF and Brookings institution conferenceCaprio G., Laeven L., and Levine R. (2007) “Governance and bank valuation” Journal of Financial Intermediation 16, 584 – 617Chumacero R., and Langoni P. (2001) “Riesgo, Tamaño y Concentración en el sistema Bancario Chileno” Vol. 4 , No. 1, Economía Chilena, Banco Central de ChileDemsetz R., and Strahan P. (1997) “Diversification, size and risk at Bank holding companies” Journal of Money Credit and Banking 29, 300 - 313Demsetz R., Saidenberg M., and Strahan P. (1997) “Agency problems and risk taking at banks” Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Research paper No, 9709De Nicoló G., and Loukoianova E. (2007) “Bank ownership, Market structure and risk” IMF Working Paper 215García T., and Robles M. (2008) “Risk-taking behaviour and ownership in the banking industry: The Spanish evidence” Journal of Economics and Business 60, 332 – 354Laeven L., and Levine R. (2009) “Bank governance, regulation and risk taking” Journal of Financial Economics 93, 259-275Saunders A., Strock E., and Travlos N. (1990) “Ownership structure, Deregulation and Bank risk taking” The Journal of Finance 45, 643 - 654instname:Universidad del Rosarioinstname:Universidad del Rosarioreponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspahttps://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000092/008016.htmlhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Martínez, ConstanzaRamírez Gómez, Manueloai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/108222021-06-03T00:46:35Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
title Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
spellingShingle Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
Economía financiera
corporate governance
banking risk
Corporaciones financieras
Evaluación de riesgos
Bancos comerciales
title_short Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
title_full Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
title_fullStr Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
title_full_unstemmed Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
title_sort Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Economía financiera
corporate governance
banking risk
Corporaciones financieras
Evaluación de riesgos
Bancos comerciales
topic Economía financiera
corporate governance
banking risk
Corporaciones financieras
Evaluación de riesgos
Bancos comerciales
description The separation between ownership and the control of capital in banks generates differences in the preferences for risk among shareholders and the manager. These differences could imply a corporate governance problem in banks with a dispersed ownership, since owners fail to exert control in the allocation of capital. In this paper we examine the relationship between the ownership structure and risk for Colombian banks. Our results suggest that a high ownership concentration leads to higher levels of risk.
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dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv Martínez, C., & Ramírez, M. (2011). Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks. Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario.
https://doi.org/10.48713/10336_10822
Universidad del Rosario
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identifier_str_mv Martínez, C., & Ramírez, M. (2011). Ownership structure and risk at Colombian banks. Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario.
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Recurso electrónico
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Facultad de Economía
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Facultad de Economía
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Anderson R., and Fraser D. (2000) “Corporate control, bank risk taking, and the health of the banking industry” Journal of Banking and Finance 24, 1383 - 1398
Boyd J., and De Nicoló G. (2005) “The theory of bank risk taking and competition revisited” Journal of Finance, Vol. 60, 1329 - 1343
Boyd J., De Nicoló G., and Jalal A. (2006) “The theory of bank risk taking and competition revisited: New Theory and New Evidence” IMF Working Paper 297
Boyd J., and Runkle D. (1993) “Size and Performance of Banking Firms” Journal of Monetary Economics 31
Caprio G., and Levine R. (2002) “Corporate governance in Finance: concepts and international observations” paper prepared for the 2002 World Bank, IMF and Brookings institution conference
Caprio G., Laeven L., and Levine R. (2007) “Governance and bank valuation” Journal of Financial Intermediation 16, 584 – 617
Chumacero R., and Langoni P. (2001) “Riesgo, Tamaño y Concentración en el sistema Bancario Chileno” Vol. 4 , No. 1, Economía Chilena, Banco Central de Chile
Demsetz R., and Strahan P. (1997) “Diversification, size and risk at Bank holding companies” Journal of Money Credit and Banking 29, 300 - 313
Demsetz R., Saidenberg M., and Strahan P. (1997) “Agency problems and risk taking at banks” Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Research paper No, 9709
De Nicoló G., and Loukoianova E. (2007) “Bank ownership, Market structure and risk” IMF Working Paper 215
García T., and Robles M. (2008) “Risk-taking behaviour and ownership in the banking industry: The Spanish evidence” Journal of Economics and Business 60, 332 – 354
Laeven L., and Levine R. (2009) “Bank governance, regulation and risk taking” Journal of Financial Economics 93, 259-275
Saunders A., Strock E., and Travlos N. (1990) “Ownership structure, Deregulation and Bank risk taking” The Journal of Finance 45, 643 - 654
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