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returns. The goal is to determine whether the gender of an incoming board member is perceived differently by investors …. Scholarly findings on gender and leadership have been mixed at best. Overall, the evidence seems to indicate that women and men …
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Around the world, policy makers are mandating gender quotas for boards of publicly-traded firms. Since the benefits and …. Using data on mandatory announcements of new director appointments, we find that the gender of directors appears to be value … workplace practices in place to promote workplace equality appear to benefit the most from boardroom gender diversity. This …
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Smith, Suchaneck, and Williams (1988) framework show marked gender difference in producing speculative price bubbles. Using …
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We examine the implication of executive gender on asset prices. Using a large sample of US public firms during 2006 … leverage. Collectively, our evidence highlights the importance of CFO gender for firm financial decision making and stock …
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price reaction to the appointment of Directors suggests that gender is not an issue in the appointment of Non …
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the stock market decreases. On the other hand, monetary policy is gender-neutral for stock market participants: there are …
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Do equity investors care about pay dispersion and income inequality? We address this question by examining equity markets' reaction and investors' portfolio rebalancing in response to the first-time disclosure by U.S. public companies of the ratio of CEO to median worker pay in 2018. We find...
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Our simple model features agents heterogeneous in skill and risk aversion, incomplete financial markets, and redistributive taxation. In equilibrium, agents become entrepreneurs if their skill is sufficiently high or risk aversion sufficiently low. Under heavier taxation, entrepreneurs are more...
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This study analyzes the effects of the gender (employee-) tenure gap (GTG) on firm value and stock returns. We …
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