Using news-based government economic policy uncertainty (EPU) index of Baker et
al.(2016) and bank-level data from 17 countries over the period 1998–2012, we find that …

Purpose This paper aims to present a catalogue of the influential aspects resulting from a
bibliometric meta-analysis of political connection literature. Design/methodology/approach …

The study contributes to the existing literature on intellectual capital (IC) performance and
profitability by extending evidence from Pakistan. The study examines the impact of IC …

Although political risk in banking has received much more attention in recent years, there is
no review that synthesizes these incoherent studies and provides a comprehensive image of …

We examine the interactions of bank lending dynamics, ownership structures, and crisis
phenomena in the banking systems of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries …

This study investigates the impact of corporate governance characteristics and political
connections of directors on the profitability of banks in Pakistan. The study uses the data of …

Abstract The Central European banking industry is dominated by foreign-owned banks.
During the recent crisis, for the first time since the transition, foreign parent companies were …

This study investigates how the political connections of government bank CEOs affected
their banks' performance during the 2007–2009 financial crisis. Examination of global data …

Although state-owned banks are expected to promote the growth of less-developed regions,
especially in developing economies, several cross-country studies report that lending by …

This study analyses the impact of political connections on the operational performance of
non-financial firms in Poland. Using a data set covering the 2001–2011 period, we find that …