The paper examines the effect of gender composition of executive body on financial performance and financial health of … in the paper. To test the relationship between firm performance and gender diversity in leadership, the regression model … was applied. After using alternative measurement for gender diversity of executive body and controlling for firm size …

This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique …. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative measures of gender diversity, and several performance indicators, we … find some evidence that companies with gender-diverse boards have higher market values and better profitability. These …

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 …

emphasis on board gender diversity.Design/methodology/approach – We exploit a novel measure of takeover vulnerability based on ….Findings – Our results show that a more active takeover market leads to lower board gender diversity. Specifically, a rise in … takeover vulnerability by one standard deviation results in a decline in board gender diversity by 10.01%. Moreover, stronger …

Research investigating the relationship between firm performance and gender diversity has so far reported conflicting … evidence: Some studies find firm performance to benefit from gender diversity, others find negative results or no effect at all …. Taking this inconclusive evidence as a sign for moderators influencing the effect of gender diversity on firm performance, we …