This study examines the impact of board gender diversity on financial misconduct. The findings suggest firms with … gender-diverse boards commit fewer financial reporting mistakes and engage in less fraud. The findings hold after accounting … diminish at higher levels of gender diversity, indicating that impact of gender diversity on decreasing the likelihood of …

In 2018, California became the first U.S. state to introduce a mandatory board gender quota for all firms headquartered … returns of -2.6% to the adoption of the gender quota for California firms and large spillover effects of -1.9% for non … non-California firms in states that followed California's legislative lead in the past by, e.g., introducing gender quota …

women are more risk averse than men. The current study investigates the influence of board gender-diversity in firm risk … board more is the cash held by the firm. However, we detect no significant relationship between gender-diversity and risk …

We investigate the relation between board gender diversity and firm profitability using the control function (CF …

We study the effect of corporate board gender quotas on firm performance in Belgium, France, Italy and Spain. The … double and triple difference estimators with ex-ante matching. We find that gender quotas had either a negative or an … productivity. We then focus on Italy and offer possible explanations for the positive effect of gender quotas using detailed …

robust to alternative econometric specifications, and alternative measures of dividend payouts. The positive effect of gender … potential endogeneity concerns. Furthermore, we find that board gender composition significantly increases dividends only for …

We study whether board gender diversity (BGD) affects corporate risk strategies. Specifically, we investigate the … negatively associated with tax avoidance, suggesting firms with gender-diverse boards are more cautious about potential …

substantial equity interest. Boards with at least three directors of each gender are found to be at least 79% more active at board … active when a critical mass of at least three women is in attendance. Gender-balanced boards are also more likely to replace …

representation on corporate boards to examine the potential effect that this may have on the gender pay differential at the executive …