gender diversity in boards on bank riskiness and economic performance. Taking account of omitted variables and reverse … causality problems, as a source of endogeneity, our main econometric findings suggest that gender diversity may have a positive …

and proceeded until the beginning of 2015, when the German parliament enacted a board gender quota. In that period, the … investigate whether the rise in female board representation was accompanied by a change in gender differences in board member …

gender equality is aligned with shareholder interests. This positive effect is not explained by increased risk-taking or …

We examine whether board gender diversity promotes high-quality non-GAAP disclosures. Specifically, we use two recently …-GAAP reporting. We find that gender-diverse boards are more effective at ensuring both consistency and comparability of non …

We study the effect of corporate board gender quotas on firm performance in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain. The … double and triple difference estimators with ex-ante matching. We find that gender quotas had either a negative or an … productivity. We then focus on Italy and offer possible explanations for the positive effect of gender quotas using detailed …