directors on boards. These studies, however, cannot explain why, in countries with strong gender equality and pressure for … explanation for the slow organizational response to pressure for gender diversity on boards. We bridge the social identity and …

matching of CEO types with directors' skill sets. We examine whether a gender-diverse board helps to mitigate the negative …, the positive effects of gender-diverse boards are concentrated in pre-SOX-non-compliant firms with overconfident managers …

We study whether board gender diversity (BGD) affects corporate risk strategies. Specifically, we investigate the … negatively associated with tax avoidance, suggesting firms with gender-diverse boards are more cautious about potential …

This paper identifies a positive causal effect of board gender diversity on firm performance by utilizing unique … historical events in China. Specifically, the Famine resulted in an evident gender gap in the supply of qualified directors of … certain cohorts. Since the shocks differ in both gender and cohorts, we construct a novel "Diff-in-Diff'" instrumental …

In times of crisis, corporate governance, particularly the gender equality aspect, is critically important. Motivated … by the phrase ‘gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, we investigate how board gender diversity affects asset … Kung (2017), our results suggest that greater board gender diversity leads to greater asset redeployability, implying that …

This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique …. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …

women are more risk averse than men. The current study investigates the influence of board gender-diversity in firm risk … board more is the cash held by the firm. However, we detect no significant relationship between gender-diversity and risk …

We investigate the relation between board gender diversity and firm profitability using the control function (CF …

We investigate the relationship between boardroom gender diversity and firm risk. To identify a causal effect of gender … on risk, we use a dynamic model that controls for reverse causality and for gender and risk being influenced by …

shareholders. Gender quota legislation that mandates appointment of at least one female director without specifying the director … positive impact on firm performance. We also show a positive association between board gender diversity and firm performance … together, our findings contribute to the growing literature on board gender diversity, especially in emerging markets where …