This paper investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and firm performance has been investigated … using a panel dataset over the period 2009-2011. Applying quantile regression, we show that board gender diversity has a …

We show that over the last decade, growing public pressure for board gender diversity and awareness of gender equality … pursuit of more gender balance. Our evidence is highly consistent with “supply constraints”, as reflected in high costs of …. Gender quota mandates are likely to expose the smaller firms even more to these costs; however, the absence of mandates may …