Prior research finds that women receive lower salaries than men. Similarly, we show that female audit partners in Belgium receive significantly lower compensation than male partners. However, there are alternative explanations for the pay gap other than gender discrimination. For example, the...

The majority of active Asian equity strategies claim to derive their value addition by focussing their skill on security selection. We investigate if empirically this is the most appropriate area for an active Asian manager to focus on, in comparison to focussing on asset allocation as the...

In this work, goethite modified activated carbon (α-FeOOH@AC) was synthesized by wetness-impregnation and used as a persulfate (S2O82-, PS) activator to inactivate Escherichia coli in water. Surficial analysis displayed that micron-sized (0.5 to 1 μm) α-FeOOH particles were uniformly...

Prior research finds that women receive lower salaries than men. Similarly, we show that female audit partners in Belgium receive significantly lower compensation than male partners. However, there are alternative explanations for the pay gap other than gender discrimination. For example, the...