We analyze gender differences associated with loan officer performance. Using a unique data set for a commercial bank … unobservable borrower characteristics. This suggests that gender indeed matters in banking …

In this paper we study the relevance of the gender of the contracting parties involved in lending. We show that female … information available about the borrower and holds if we control for unobservable individual effects. The gender of the loan …

behavior. However, these studies are limited by a lack of variation in CEO gender, as only 5% of commercial bank CEOs and 6% of … Fortune 500 company CEOs are female. We examine gender differences in risk management and overconfidence in the distinct … gender differences in risk preferences and overconfidence hold under such circumstances? We utilize a unique dataset with 23 …

gender diversity in boards on bank riskiness and economic performance. Taking account of omitted variables and reverse … bank boardrooms. Using a unique dataset on Italian banks over the period 1995-2010, this paper investigates the effects of … causality problems, as a source of endogeneity, our main econometric findings suggest that gender diversity may have a positive …

related to the banks' performance. Our results show that female CEOs who overcome gender barriers are less traditional and …

We examine the effect of the social networks of bank directors on board gender diversity and compensation using a … are significant differences in the size and gender composition of social networks of male vs female bank directors. We … also find that samegender networks play an important role in determining the gender composition of bank boards. Finally, we …

results suggest that continuing the voluntary expansion of gender diversity on bank boards will be value-enhancing, provided …Previous literature has shown mixed results on the role of female participation on bank boards and bank performance …. Applying Instrumental Variables methods to data on approximately 90 U.S. bank holding companies over the 1999-2015 period, we …

Leadership roles in banking remain dominated by men; only about one in six bank board members is female. Connections … study how gender relates to the role of connections: how do connected female versus male board members affect banks … male) board members improve bank profitability and reduce earnings management; (2) connections of women on important board …

We investigate the impact of workforce gender diversity on the relationship between women’s representation in the board … of directors and other decision-making bodies, and bank performance in credit growth. Using panel data on Turkish banks … results suggest that female directors and managers are more effective in facilitating bank lending by lowering bank risk when …

We exploit novel data collected within a randomised controlled trial of a sanitation microcredit intervention to study … how intra-household gender differences in perceptions of costs and benefits of sanitation impact investment decisions. We …