Gender differences in preferences

R Croson, U Gneezy - Journal of Economic literature, 2009 - aeaweb.org
This paper reviews the literature on gender differences in economic experiments. In the
three main sections, we identify robust differences in risk preferences, social (other …

The role of internal corporate governance mechanisms on default risk: A systematic review for different institutional settings

L Ballester, A González-Urteaga, B Martínez - Research in International …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent financial downturns, characterized by the significant failures of firms, have revealed
the need to control credit risk. Latest literature has shown that weak corporate governance …

CEO gender and firm performance

WA Khan, JP Vieito - Journal of Economics and Business, 2013 - Elsevier
Based on a panel of US firms over the period of 1992 to 2004, we evaluated whether firms
managed by female CEOs exhibit the same performance as firms managed by male CEOs …

Board composition and corporate social responsibility in an emerging market

SDD Sundarasen, T Je-Yen… - … : The international journal …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of board composition on
corporate social responsibility (CSR) for selected Malaysian companies in Bursa Malaysia …

Gender matching and competitiveness: Experimental evidence

N Datta Gupta, A Poulsen, MC Villeval - Economic Inquiry, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper experimentally investigates if and how people's competitiveness depends on
their own gender and on the gender of people with whom they interact. Participants are …

Influence of CEO characteristics in family firms internationalization

MC Ramón-Llorens, E García-Meca… - International Business …, 2017 - Elsevier
This research uses a survey dataset of 187 Spanish family firms to study the characteristics
that may influence family firms in their decision of internationalize their activity. Based on …

Are female top executives more risk-averse or more ethical? Evidence from corporate cash holdings policy

T Doan, M Iskandar-Datta - Journal of Empirical Finance, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of gender in the C-Suite on corporate decision making. In
particular, we investigate the influence of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)'s gender on the …

Executive stock options, gender diversity in the top management team, and firm risk taking

JS Baixauli-Soler, M Belda-Ruiz… - Journal of Business …, 2015 - Elsevier
Drawing on agency theory and the behavioral agency model (BAM), this study aims to clarify
the influence of executive stock options (ESOs) granted to the top management team (TMT) …

Board composition, monitoring and credit risk: evidence from the UK banking industry

J Lu, A Boateng - Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2018 - Springer
This paper examines the effects of board composition and monitoring on the credit risk in the
UK banking sector. The study finds CEO duality, pay and board independence to have a …

[HTML][HTML] Women in power with power: The influence of meaningful board representation on default risk

I Abinzano, B Martinez, J Poletti-Hughes - International Review of Financial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines the relationship between the presence of female board members and
firms' corporate default risk. We find an inverted “U-shaped” relationship for a sample of 917 …