chairman and share of women in the boardroom) and firm's risk attitudes measured as variability in four firm outcome variables … than 50 employees, we find extensive evidence of a negative association between female CEO and firm's risk attitudes. This … risk aversion profile and put more effort in monitoring firm activities than men in the financial matter domains. A number …

Combining a rich database on natural hazards, granular flood risk maps and detailed information on firm geolocalisation …

From 1963 through 2015, idiosyncratic risk (IR) is high when market risk (MR) is high. We show that the positive … relation has roots in fundamentals as higher market risk predicts greater idiosyncratic earnings volatility and as firm …