We analyze the appointments of outside CEOs of financial and non-financial firms as independent directors on US bank boards and their implications for the banks and the outside CEO firms. We show that outside CEOs from financial firms match with less traditional banks and their appointment...

Using Glassdoor data we show that women are less satisfied at work than men and that female and male employees differ in their workplace preferences. In particular, female employees care more about work-life balance but this difference vanishes at the manager level, illustrating the role of...