This paper studies the turnover of board of directors members in a sample of 72 companies listed on the Milan Stock …. Overall our findings suggest that the characteristics of the Italian economy deeply affect the turnover of directors and have …

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 … board of directors tend to have significantly fewer other non-staff board members. We find clear evidence of a tokenism …

evolution of boards of directors, such as the declining participation of insider directors and the increasing participation of … foreign and female directors. It also shows that board characteristics are linked to company performance (the market …-to-book ratio, Tobin's Q, ROE and ROA), suggesting that boards of directors play a non-trivial role in corporate governance in …

This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique …. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …

In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited … corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the newly (post …-reform) appointed female board members were observably more qualified than their female predecessors, and that the gender gap in …

In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited … corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the newly (post …-reform) appointed female board members were observably more qualified than their female predecessors, and that the gender gap in …

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 … board of directors tend to have significantly fewer other non-staff board members. We find clear evidence of a tokenism …