Women on bank boards: evidence from gender quotas around the world
Using a sample of 469 banks from 39 countries between 2008 and 2017 and a generalized difference-in-differences methodology, we show that board gender quota laws lead to increased female board representation. We find an increase in risk taking and systemic risk and worse long-run operating performan...
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| Format: | workingPaper |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/62993 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/62993 |