As part of a global effort to address existing barriers to gender equality in leadership and employment, countries around the world are taking steps to enhance gender diversity on boards, which can also have positive effects on board dynamics and governance. This paper takes stock of progress...

This study examines the relationship between board gender diversity and the tendency of firms to incorporate ESG metrics in performance-based compensation. We find that firms with female directors are more likely to shape their executive remuneration plans to be more ESG-oriented. The positive...

We study the GDPR's opt-in requirement in a model with a firm that provides a digital service and consumers who are heterogeneous in their valuations of the firm's service as well as the privacy costs incurred when sharing personal data with the firm. We show that the GDPR boosts demand for the...