Greater gender diversity on bank board of directors is associated with higher compensation inequality because CEOs at …

. Our results highlight that gender quotas are not necessarily a costly way of promoting equality …

gender equality is aligned with shareholder interests. This positive effect is not explained by increased risk-taking or …

value and operations. We use quasi-random assignment induced by rounding and find that promoting gender equality is aligned …

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 …

that board gender diversity significantly deters the opportunistic timing of option grants. The effect of board gender … diversity is 17.19% stronger than that of board independence in reducing CEO luck. Board gender diversity plays an effective … governance role, even more effective than board independence does. Our results support the benefits of board gender diversity in …

highlight that gender quotas are not necessarily a costly way of promoting equality …

gender equality is aligned with shareholder interests. This positive effect is not explained by increased risk-taking or …

argue that these inconclusive results are due to the fact that there is a non-linear, U-shaped relationship between gender … of gender diversity is achieved. Furthermore, this positive effect is only observed in better capitalized banks. Our … results suggest that continuing the voluntary expansion of gender diversity on bank boards will be value-enhancing, provided …

This study examines the relationship between board gender diversity and the tendency of firms to incorporate ESG …