Women in the Boardroom and their Impact on Governance and Performance
We show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes. In a sample of US firms, we find that female directors have...
Read moreWe show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes. In a sample of US firms, we find that female directors have...
Read moreWe study the impact of board gender quotas on firms’ hiring and retention practices. Female director tenure increases following the introduction of a...
Read moreCorporations are increasingly taking stands on a wide range of social issues: gun control, gender and race, immigration, abortion. Scholars have...
Read moreViewed through an Anglo-American lens, corporate governance around the world is living a woke moment. Anglo-America’s recent “discovery” that...
Read moreWe highlight the complexities in estimating the valuation effects of board gender quotas by critically revisiting studies of Norway’s pioneering...
Read moreFollowing Norway's forced board gender-balancing (12/2007), which more than doubled the network of female directors, the short-term market reaction...
Read moreThis paper examines the voting behavior of women-led mutual funds. We find that women-led mutual funds are more likely to support environmental and...
Read moreIn 2017, “The Big Three” institutional investors launched campaigns to increase gender diversity on corporate boards. We estimate that their...
Read moreWe analyze voting records for management proposals and find that investors today hold directors accountable for a much wider range of issues, such as...
Read moreThe paper reports the findings of a multi-jurisdictional study on companies? reporting of diversity practices at board level and below. It involved a...
Read moreUsing micro-level data, we examine the behavior of socially responsible investment (SRI) funds. SRI funds select firms with lower pollution, more...
Read moreWe provide large-sample evidence on whether U.S. publicly traded corporations use voluntary disclosures about their commitments to employee...
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