This study examines the impact of board gender diversity on financial misconduct. The findings suggest firms with … gender-diverse boards commit fewer financial reporting mistakes and engage in less fraud. The findings hold after accounting … diminish at higher levels of gender diversity, indicating that impact of gender diversity on decreasing the likelihood of …

management positions and top executive positions have been a gradually growing topic, with the call for gender diversity only … correlate to female representation and impact on firm board of directors, this article synthesizes current studies on gender … hinder their advancement in executive positions. Despite growing awareness of the benefits of gender diversity, male …

inequities. We then go on to consider possible explanations for the continuing gender differences and some of the empirical …

Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women's political leadership …

In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing … the stock price reaction to the introduction of gender quotas. A positive effect of the quota law on stock market returns … emerges at the date of the board's election. Our results are consistent with gender quotas giving rise to a beneficial …

(SB 826), the first mandated board gender diversity quota in the United States. Announcement returns average -1.2% and are …

From business to politics and academia, the economic effects of the introduction of gender quotas are under scrutiny …. We provide new evidence based on the introduction of mandatory gender quotas for boards of directors of Italian companies … run event studies on the stock price reaction to both the announcement and the introduction of gender quotas. A positive …

In 2011, Italy introduced gender quotas for boards of directors of companies listed on its stock market. Comparing … the stock price reaction to the introduction of gender quotas. A positive effect of the quota law on stock market returns … emerges at the date of the board's election. Our results are consistent with gender quotas giving rise to a beneficial …

Past studies of gender and hierarchy document that the proportion of women declines as one looks up levels of the … do males. In addition to these gender differences at the point of application, we find evidence that demand …