tailieunhanh - Does gender diversity improve financial firm’s performance new evidence using two stage least squares estimation and instrument variables

In this paper we examine whether a positive relationship exists between board’s gender diversity and financial firm’s performance. The study is conducted on a sample of US firms which provides us with as many as possible observations for various econometric techniques. | 102 Vo Hong Duc & Doan Bao Huy / Journal of Economic Development 22 (2) 102-123 Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Firm’s Performance? New Evidence using Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation and Instrument Variables VO HONG DUC Open University of Ho Chi Minh City – email: DOAN BAO HUY Open University of Ho Chi Minh City ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: In this paper we examine whether a positive relationship exists between board’s gender diversity and financial firm’s performance. The study is conducted on a sample of US firms which provides us with as many as possible observations for various econometric techniques. Findings from our two-stage least squares estimation using the fraction of male directors on at least two boards as an instrumental variable show that higher proportions of female directors adversely affect firm value. We further test whether board diversity improves the performance of firms with otherwise weak governance. However, the results are not statistically significant. We also extend our model to the committee level, and our results show that increased representation of women in Audit and Nomination committees are likely to deteriorate the performance of the company as measured using Tobin’s q. The implication for Vietnam is that while a representation of female directors in a board of directors may improve firm’s performance as findings from Vo and Phan (2013) indicate, increasing a number of female directors may not be the case to improve financial firm’s performance. Received: Mar. 4 2014 Received in revised form: Jan. 2 2015 Accepted: Mar. 26 2015 Keywords: gender diversity, firm’s performance, two-stage least squares estimation, instrument variables. Vo Hong Duc & Doan Bao Huy / Journal of Economic Development 22 (2) 102-123 103 1. Introduction Gender diversity at the board level has become a notable issue in modern corporate governance. This issue has attracted attention from numerous .

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