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Board diversity and shareholder voting
Gow, Ian D.; Larcker, David F.; Watts, Edward M. - 2020 - Draft: November 16, 2020
The lack of diversity across gender and race of corporate boards has been one of the most significant issues in …, we analyze voting patterns in director elections to investigate whether and how shareholders value board diversity. Using … support for diversity on boards, particularly gender diversity. Our findings also indicate greater additional support for …
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Board diversity and shareholder voting
Gowa, Ian D.; Larcker, David F.; Watts, Edward M. - 2020 - Draft: November 16, 2020
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Board diversity and shareholder voting
Gow, Ian D.; Larcker, David F.; Watts, Edward M. - In: The journal of corporate finance : contracting, … 83 (2023), pp. 1-25
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Pioneering Women on Boards : Pathways of the First Female Directors
Larcker, David F. - 2018
There is considerable interest in increasing the representation of women on the boards of publicly traded corporations. Currently, only 17 percent of independent directors in the United States are women. In this Closer Look, we examine the pathways that women took to become the first female...
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Corporate governance, chief executive officer compensation, and firm performance
Core, John E.; Holthausen, Robert W.; Larcker, David F. - In: Journal of financial economics 51 (1999) 3, pp. 371-406
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Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance
Larcker, David F. - 2016
Firms with central boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. A long (short) position in the most (least) central firms earns average annual returns of 4.68%. Firms with central boards also experience higher future return-on-assets growth and more positive analyst forecast...
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Succession "losers" : what happens to executives passed over for the CEO job?
Larcker, David F.; Miles, Stephen A.; Tayan, Brian - 2016
Shareholders pay considerable attention to the choice of executive selected as the new CEO whenever a change in leadership takes place. However, without an inside look at the leading candidates to assume the CEO role, it is difficult for shareholders to tell whether the board has made the...
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Board evaluations and boardroom dynamics
Griffin, Taylor; Larcker, David F.; Miles, Stephen; … - 2017
boardroom culture, and how does it influence decision making?The Closer Look series is a collection of short case studies …
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From boardroom to C-suite : why would a company pick a current director as CEO?
Larcker, David F.; Tayan, Brian - 2017
external candidate, but a current board member as successor. Why would a company make such a decision? In this Closer Look, we … current director as CEO? • What is the process by which the board makes this decision? • Are directors-turned-CEO the most …
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Retired or fired : how can investors tell if a CEO was pressured to leave?
Gow, Ian D.; Larcker, David F.; Tayan, Brian - 2017
CEO succession at many companies occurs in a black box. Shareholders are not privy to boardroom discussions prior to the announcement of a CEO departure, and press releases announcing the change contain boilerplate language that does not make it clear whether the CEO stepped down voluntary or...
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