No. 20-6, August 2020

Index

• Board of directors network centrality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance
• The association between independent directors and company value. Confronting evidence from two emerging markets
• Political connections and banking performance: the moderating effect of gender diversity
• Influence of governance regime on controller roles – supervisory board members’ perspectives on business unit controller roles and role conflict
• Finance, corporate value and credit market freedom in overinvesting US firms
• Does corporate governance affect the performance of Islamic banks? New insight into Islamic countries
• Do analysts’ recommendations reflect co-opted boards?
• Board diversity and investment efficiency: evidence from China
• Does the gender quota law affect bank performances? Evidence from Italy
• Exploring how independent directors view CSR inequality using a quasi-natural experiment