... and management structure, the experience and responsibilities of bank officers and directors, and the financial incentives that they aregiven.For this study, the sample bank ownership and management ... managers, and ownersof the most efficient and least efficientbanks and the influence of this owner-ship /management structure on bank efficiency.4Ownership and management structure and firm ... characteristics and bank management and ownership structureKenneth Spong, Richard J. Sullivan, and Robert DeYoung*Kenneth Spong and Richard J. Sullivanare economists in theDivision of BankSupervision and Structure...