This paper offers a new explanation of the gender pay gap in leadership positions by examining the relationship between … managerial bonuses and company performance. Drawing on findings of gender studies, agency theory, and the leadership literature …, we argue that the gender pay gap is a context-specific phenomenon that results partly from the fact that company …

workers, I use text analysis of 10-K statements to show that managers of nonroutine workforces focus relatively more on …

studies the association between gender and network connections. First, female CEOs are less likely to be “Influential” (that …

investment decisions. Male CEOs allocate more investment capital to male than female division managers. This gender gap is driven … the mother. The gender gap also increases for CEOs who attended all-male high schools and grew up in neighborhoods with … greater gender inequality. The effect of gender on capital budgeting introduces frictions and erodes investment efficiency …

accrued through social connections, influences gender pay gaps. Consistent with homophily, the tendency to bond and interact …

examine whether CEO political preferences are associated with gender diversity in the boardroom and find no such association …. This lack of association is consistent with CEOs' preferences having less influence over gender diversity in the boardroom … than over that of executives reporting to the CEO. Finally, examining the gender gaps in the level and performance …

communication with investors. We investigate to what extent managers exploit their earnings forecasts as a tool of expectations …