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We explore whether public attention to gender equality is associated with an increase in female board representation. We find that firms are sensitive to changes in public attention to gender equality. However, the effects are mostly driven by firms whose ex ante culture is more sympathetic to...

This paper examines how board gender diversity affects corporate risk disclosure. We exploit an exogenous shock on firms’ risk environment created by the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union (Brexit) and analyze related risk disclosure in annual reports of public firms in the...

This study examines the influence of women’s board representation on the proportion of women senior managers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1999 to 2019. We take a multi-theoretic approach, drawing on the trickle-down effect, critical mass theory, and agency theory, to explore several aspects...