Influence of female board members on financial performance of listed companies in New Zealand

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Influence of female board members on financial performance of listed companies in New Zealand

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Many governments are under pressure to introduce quotas for women on corporate boards. This paper explores the rationale for quotas. A panel dataset is employed comprising 47 of the 50 companies listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZSX50) to test the effect of female directors on firm financial performance. First, a Poisson regression model is run to examine selection bias where women select to join firms that perform well financially. Second, a fixed effects model is estimated to explo...

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Research Paper

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Journal article

Date created

2019

Creator

Clydesdale, Greg / Hu, Baiding

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10182/11588

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board of directors / equity / corporate governance / New Zealand / women / quotas / Investment and Risk Management / Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement / Financial Econometrics / Commercial law / Private law and civil obligations

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