This paper documents and studies the gender gap in performance among associate lawyers in the United States. Unlike … other high-skilled professions, the legal profession assesses performance using transparent measures that are widely used … clear evidence of a gender gap in annual performance with respect to both measures. Male lawyers bill ten percent more hours …

positive effect of ownership concentration on firm performance matters more in countries with weak investor protection and that … private domestic ownership leads to higher performance. …

We test under what circumstances boards discipline managers and whether such interventions improve performance. We … with detailed ‘hard’ information about the board’s performance expectations and ‘soft’ information about board and CEO …, suggesting that boards use performance to update their beliefs. CEOs are especially likely to be fired when evidence has mounted …