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The gender composition of corporate boards and firm performance : evidence from Russia
Garanina, Tatiana; Muravyev, Alexander - 2019
This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded on the national stock market between 1998 and 2014. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019226
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Boards of directors in Russian publicly traded companies in 1998-2014 : structure, dynamics and performance effects
Muravyev, Alexander - 2016
traded companies in Russia. It takes advantage of a new and unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies … Russia. Testing for structural breaks in the relationship between board composition and firm performance provides some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595577
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2019
study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for certain firms incorporated after August 1994 but locked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138978
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Why so few women on boards of directors? : empirical evidence from Danish companies 1997 - 2007
Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Smith, Nina - 2013
This paper analyzes the determinants of women on the boards of directors based on a panel sample of all Danish companies in the private sector with more than 50 employees. The share of women on the boards of directors was 12 percent in 2007 and has only slowly increased during the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201307
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Bringing connections onboard: the value of political influence
Green, Colin; Homroy, Swarnodeep - 2020
In 2002, an amendment to UK parliamentary regulations removed restrictions on the participation of members of parliament (MPs) in parliamentary proceedings related to their corporate interests. Using this amendment as a quasi-natural experiment, we demonstrate gains in firm value and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239525
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Female board representation and corporate performance : a review and new estimates for Australia
Bayly, Nicholas; Breunig, Robert; Wokker, Chris - 2023
Despite a conventional wisdom that female board members positively impact firm performance, a thorough examination of the research to date reveals no consensus that female board members have either a positive or negative effect on firm performance. We build the largest dataset of Australian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014431554
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Does corporate governance reform necessarily boost firm performance? : recent evidence from Russia
Kuznecovs, Mihails; Pal, Sarmistha - 2012
, especially in societies with highly skewed distribution of ownership. We however argue that the success of CG reform would, in …. Using recent data from Russia for 2000-2008, we find that the introduction of corporate governance codes in Russia had …. -- corporate governance reform ; transparency and disclosure rules ; conflict between state and the controlling owner ; taxation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537271
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Ownership or performance : what determines board of directors' turnover in Italy?
Brunello, Giorgio; Graziano, Clara; Parigi, Bruno - 2000
This paper studies the turnover of board of directors members in a sample of 72 companies listed on the Milan Stock Exchange during the period 1988-1996. We investigate whether board members change more frequently when company performance is poor, as the literature suggests, and whether and how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318600
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All on board? : new evidence on board gender diversity from a large panel of firms
Tyrowicz, Joanna; Terjesen, Siri; Mazurek, Jakub - 2020
Using a unique database of over 20 million firms over two decades, we examine the industry sector and national institution drivers of the prevalence of women directors on supervisory and management boards in both public and private firms across 41 advanced and emerging European economies. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012153629
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Female leadership and gender gap within firms : evidence from an Italian board reform
Maida, Agata; Weber, Andrea - 2019
over a period of 4 years. While the reform substantially raised the female membership on corporate boards, we find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974388