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Around the world, policy makers are mandating gender quotas for boards of publicly-traded firms. Since the benefits and costs of these quotas accrue to shareholders, it is important to see how they react to the appointment of female directors. Using data on mandatory announcements of new...
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International studies suggest that directors with political connections provide significant benefits to shareholders. Yet, whether this is the case in the political and business environment in Australia is unknown. In this study, we examine the prevalence of former politicians as non-executive...
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All directors, not only those with multiple directorships, are potentially too busy to fulfill their directorial duties. Thus, as a general test of director busyness, we examine how changes in workloads (board and committee meeting frequency) affect the attendance practices of CEOs and...
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