The corporate governance literature reports mixed evidence on the relationship between board diversity and firm performance. The purpose of this study is to examine the association between board gender diversity and firm financial performance, and to investigate if a business case can be...

Carbon emissions and agency costs can have an impact on firms’ financial performance. However, limited attention has been paid to the combined and gradual effects of these two factors on firms’ performance. We explore the separate and combined effects of carbon emissions and agency costs on...