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Performance Effects of Appointing Other Firms' Executive Directors to Corporate Boards : An Analysis of UK Firms
Muravyev, Alexander - 2014
This paper studies the effect on company performance of appointing non-executive directors that are also executive directors in other firms. The analysis is based on a new panel dataset of UK companies over 2002-2008. Our findings suggest a positive relationship between the presence of these...
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The Effect of Adversity on Process Innovations and Managerial Incentives
Dostie, Benoit - 2009
incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158121
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Top Incomes in Canada : Evidence from the Census
Lemieux, Thomas - 2015
This paper looks at the evolution of incomes at the top of the distribution in Canada. Master files of the Canadian … groups driving the growth in top incomes in Canada. A finding more specific to Canada is that the oil and gas sector has also … revolution, scientists, engineers and even computer scientists do not account for much of the growth in top incomes in Canada …
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Why so Few Women on Boards of Directors? Empirical Evidence from Danish Companies 1997-2007
Parrotta, Pierpaolo - 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...
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All on Board? New Evidence on Board Gender Diversity from a Large Panel of Firms
Tyrowicz, Joanna - 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/10012843707
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Expertise and Independence on Governing Boards : Evidence from School Districts
Shi, Ying - 2019
In this paper, we study the roles of expertise and independence on governing boards in the context of education. In particular, we examine the causal influence of professional educators elected to local school boards on education production. Educators may bring valuable human capital to school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867992
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The Gender Composition of Corporate Boards and Firm Performance : Evidence from Russia
Garanina, Tatiana - 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/10012868825
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Female Leadership and Gender Gap within Firms : Evidence from an Italian Board Reform
Maida, Agata - 2019
Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota for corporate board membership. The main aim of these laws is breaking the "glass ceiling" which prevents women from advancing into top corporate positions. In this paper, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870472
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Boards of Directors in Russian Publicly Traded Companies in 1998-2014 : Structure, Dynamics and Performance Effects
Muravyev, Alexander - 2016
This paper provides new evidence on the structure, dynamics and performance effects of corporate boards in publicly traded companies in Russia. It takes advantage of a new and unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded in the RTS/MICEX/MOEX over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977060
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Do Board Gender Quotas Matter? Selection, Performance and Stock Market Effects
Ferrari, Giulia - 2018
From business to politics and academia, the economic effects of the introduction of gender quotas are under scrutiny. We provide new evidence based on the introduction of mandatory gender quotas for boards of directors of Italian companies listed on the stock market. Comparing before and after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920456