data regressions for a sample of all financial institutions in Canada and the US over the period 2008-2019 identified some … executives in the US financial industry is much more heterogeneous than in Canada, or in the general female population of both …

This thesis explores whether independent directors in the USA and Canada are effective in holding management … this effect has not been found in Canada. Compensation committees composed fully of independent directors neither … cost of acquiring corporate information, and have no social connections with the CEO. In Canada, weak evidence of the …