This study examines the impact of board gender diversity on financial misconduct. The findings suggest firms with … gender-diverse boards commit fewer financial reporting mistakes and engage in less fraud. The findings hold after accounting … diminish at higher levels of gender diversity, indicating that impact of gender diversity on decreasing the likelihood of …

Arguments for increasing gender diversity on boards of directors range from ensuring equal opportunity to improving … firm performance, but the empirical results are mixed and often negative. Current research does not justify gender quotas …

In 2018, California became the first U.S. state to introduce a mandatory board gender quota for all firms headquartered … returns of -2.6% to the adoption of the gender quota for California firms and large spillover effects of -1.9% for non … non-California firms in states that followed California's legislative lead in the past by, e.g., introducing gender quota …

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 …

timely implementation as well as a more modern corporate organization. This way, new role models can be formed and gender …

We examine the impact of international gender diversity reforms in the board of directors on carbon emissions … be more pronounced when gender reform is legally enforced. Additionally, our findings indicate that a combination of … emissions. These findings underscore the importance of legal enforcement in promoting board gender diversity, which, in turn …

study how gender relates to the role of connections: how do connected female versus male board members affect banks …

Research investigating the relationship between firm performance and gender diversity has so far reported conflicting … evidence: Some studies find firm performance to benefit from gender diversity, others find negative results or no effect at all …. Taking this inconclusive evidence as a sign for moderators influencing the effect of gender diversity on firm performance, we …

This second report in the DIW Berlin Women Executives Barometer 2022 explores the designs and effects of gender quotas … 2021, this report shows that the group of nine EU countries that have introduced a gender quota has a significantly greater … calculations that take into account that certain factors differ by country, such as cultural norms regarding gender roles or labor …