This study investigates the effect of gender diversity on boards on information asymmetry problems in the French stock market. We use Bid-Ask Spread BASP estimator of Corwin and Schultz (2012) as a proxy for asymmetric information in stock markets. The study shows the following results. First,...

This study examines whether and how female board directors may affect stock market liquidity. The empirical analysis is drawn on a sample of 81 firms listed on the SBF 120 between 2002 and 2012. The paper considers several measures of liquidity and gender diversity. To assess the quality of...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between board gender diversity and firm performance under the enabling and voluntary institutional settings in France. We use a Quantile difference-in-differences and dose-response function estimations. The findings show that the...

The current paper examines how gender diversity influences the corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of French companies. Specifically, we investigate the impact of certain attributes of female directors, such as their age, education, and nationality, on CSR performance. To analyze...