Laura Baselga-Pascual

University of Deusto | DEUSTO · Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Deusto Business School)

This paper examines the association between bank credit ratings and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The sample includes large publicly listed banks in the United States during fiscal years 2000–2016. Our findings indicate that CSR policies positively affect banks’ credit ratings. We further test each dimension of the MSCI KLD database’s ESG...

This paper examines the relationship between gender diversity in corporate boards and executive positions and bank risk and performance in Latin America. Our sample covers 91 individual banks during 2000–2017. Our results suggest that banks with a higher proportion of female executives tend to have lower Z-scores than male-led banks. However, femal...

This article empirically analyzes the effects of revenue diversification on the profitability and risk of a large sample of Eurozone banks over the period from 2000 to 2012. We use the generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator, which is also referred to as the system-GMM estimator. We conclude that higher income diversification favors bank prof...

This paper examines the association between board characteristics and the ethical reputation of financial institutions. Given the pivotal governance role of the board of directors and the value-relevance of ethical corporate behavior, we postulate a positive relationship between ethical reputation and board features that foster more effective monit...

We use a dynamic panel data model to analyze bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank risk for a large sample of commercial banks operating in the euro area. The selected time span, from 2001 to 2012, considers the impact of the on-going financial and economic crisis on the Eurozone banking system. Our results indicate that capitalizati...

This paper analyzes the effect of revenue diversification on non-performing loans of banks in 14 European countries from 1999 to 2012. Our main finding is that revenue diversification significantly reduces non-performing loans of Eurozone banks. In addition, our results show that higher proportions of commission and fee income and other operating i...

We use a dynamic panel data model to analyze bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank risk for a large sample of commercial banks operating in the euro area. The selected time span, from 2001 to 2012, considers the impact of the on-going financial and economic crisis on the Eurozone banking system. Our results indicate that capitalizati...