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Does Board Gender Diversity Make a Difference? New Evidence from Quantile Regression Analysis

Dang, Rey; Nguyen, Duc Khuong - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014

relationship between board gender diversity and firm performance from a dynamic perspective through using quantile regression. This … this impact depends on the measure of performance under consideration. Typically, board gender diversity affects negatively … that using traditional OLS and fixed- random-effect estimations may mask the true effect of board gender diversity. …

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Women on corporate boards in Italy

Bianco, Magda; Ciavarella, Angela; Signoretti, Rossella - Banca d'Italia - 2013

directors of publicly-traded firms in 2008-10 and investigate the potential determinants of having boards with gender …

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Women on Italian bank boards: are they ï¿½gold dustï¿½?

Prete, Silvia Del; Stefani, Maria Lucia - Banca d'Italia - 2013

determinants of the gender gap in top positions. Econometric results suggest that there is a ï¿½second glass ceilingï¿½ as they …

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Effects of Board Composition on Financial Performance: Empirical Analysis of Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange

Bosire, Eric M.; Ongore, Vincent O. - In: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 5 (2015) 1, pp. 23-43

on the firm’s financial performance. The study also established that gender diversity has a significant positive … smaller boards accompanied by skill, experience, technology and organizational change strategies. Gender parity in corporate …

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Are Demographic Attributes and Firm Characteristics Drivers of Gender Diversity? Investigating Women’s Positions on French Boards of Directors

Nekhili, Mehdi; Gatfaoui, Hayette - In: Journal of Business Ethics 118 (2013) 2, pp. 227-249

In this article, we examine the factors determining the representation of women on boards of directors by considering three main questions. The first question deals with the relationship between characteristics of ownership and governance on one side, and female directorship on the other. The...

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Gender Diversity on European Banks’ Boards of Directors

Cabo, Ruth Mateos de; Gimeno, Ricardo; Nieto, María - In: Journal of Business Ethics 109 (2012) 2, pp. 145-162

This article investigates the gender diversity of the corporate board of European Union banks. Employing a large sample … board gender diversity. First, the proportion of women on the board is higher for lower-risk banks. We argue that there may …

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Women in Bank Boardrooms: Evidence from Italian Data

Prete, Silvia Del; Stefani, Maria Lucia - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2012) 2, pp. 129-160

Using a unique dataset on Italian banks, we firstly investigate the main determinants of women’s participation on top-decisional memberships and, secondly, we study correlations between women’s presence on boards and bank performance. Our main findings suggest that: 1) women are...

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Women on Boards in Italy

Bianco, Magda; Ciavarella, Angela; Signoretti, Rossella - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2012) 2, pp. 19-51

Female presence still concerns the minority of companies and a small number of women; female directorship is associated to some characteristics of firms and of women themselves, depending in particular on whether they have family links with controlling agents. Two very different models emerge....

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Corporate executive’s gender and audit fees

Huang, Ting-Chiao; Huang, Hua-Wei; Lee, Chih-Chen - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 29 (2014), pp. 527-547

Purpose –The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between a corporate executive’s gender and audit … fees. Based on the findings of extant research that there are gender-based differences that may have implications for the … financial reporting process, the authors posit an association between CEO gender and audit fees. Design …

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The impact of the characteristics of the board of directors on the financial performance of Tunisian companies

Zied, Bouaziz; Mohamed, Triki - In: International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting 5 (2013) 2, pp. 178-201

committee and the gender diversity of the board. To test the validity of our hypothesis, which states the existence of a certain …

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