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Non-Monotonic Relationship between Corporate Governance and Banks’ Operating Performance—The Moderating Role of CEO Duality: Evidence from Selected Countries

2023; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 15; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/su15075643

2071-1050

Marghoob Enam, Syed Noorul Shajar, Niladri Das,

Islamic Finance and Banking Studies

This study examines the non-monotonic (U-shaped, inverted U-shaped or curvilinear) relationship between the corporate governance (CG) and bank performance of commercial banks operating across four countries whose CG framework is based on the OECD principals of CG. Using a dataset of 4230 bank-years observation from 2012–2021, the study shows that governance–performance relations may be non-monotonic but not U-shaped using a two-line approach and the Robin Hood algorithm. In addition, this study, using feasible generalized least squares (FGLS), empirically shows that the interaction effect of CEO duality on governance–performance relations in financial institutions is curvilinear and significantly moderates and reverses these impacts. The findings reveal that, in financial institutions with CEO duality, there is a far more modest association between CG and performance, which has an inverted-U shape and is curvilinear. The findings are consistent with arguments advanced by resource dependence and stewardship theory that, although duality might increase bank performance through joint leadership, it can benefit the bank in the presence of unity of command.