Abstract The paper examines the association between financial performance and boards of urban cooperative banks in India. Utilizing cross-sectional data on 1263 banks for 2012, the findings indicate that, after controlling for various factors, board size does not affect performance. Further disaggregation suggests that board size matter in high-income districts, although bigger boards per se are less conducive to performance, reflecting the challenges of free-riding problems and time-consuming decision making process among board members. In terms of implications, the results suggest that board sizes need to be carefully tailored, taking on board regional and economic considerations.

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董事会特征和财务绩效：来自印度合作银行的证据

摘要本文考察了印度城市合作银行的财务绩效与董事会之间的关系。利用2012年1263家银行的横断面数据，研究结果表明，在控制了各种因素之后，董事会规模不会影响绩效。进一步细分表明，高收入地区的董事会规模很重要，尽管规模较大的董事会本身不利于绩效，这反映了董事会成员之间搭便车问题和耗时的决策过程的挑战。在影响方面，研究结果表明，董事会的规模需要谨慎考虑，并考虑到地区和经济因素。