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Women directors and E&S performance: Evidence from board gender quotas

Raskopf, Caroline; Ginglinger, Edith (2020), Women directors and E&S performance: Evidence from board gender quotas, 17th Corporate Finance Day, 2020-09, Online

Type
Communication / Conférence
Date
2020
Conference title
17th Corporate Finance Day
Conference date
2020-09
Conference city
Online
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Author(s)
Raskopf, Caroline
Dauphine Recherches en Management [DRM]
Ginglinger, Edith
Dauphine Recherches en Management [DRM]
Abstract (EN)
Using the natural experiment created by France's 2011 board gender-quota law, we find that the presence of women on boards increases firms’ environmental and social (E&S) performance. Our results are robust to controlling for several directors’ observable characteristics and proxies for values such as benevolence, universalism, and nonconformism. Since the passage of the law, firms are more likely to create an E&S committee. However, E&S committees are not the only channel through which the inclusion of women on boards drives E&S performance. After the quota law, women are increasingly serving as members and chairs of major committees. Our findings suggest that female directors have unique qualities, experiences, and preferences, which, in combination with their enhanced authority, enable them to steer firms toward more E&S oriented policies.
Subjects / Keywords
gender diversity; board committees; environmental social and governance; ESG; corporate social responsibility; CSR; diversity
JEL
G34 - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
G38 - Government Policy and Regulation
M14 - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility

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