Investor Reaction to Women Directors

• Main Authors: Kang, E., DING, David K., Charoenwong, C.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2009
• 主題: Firm performance; Gender diversity; Investors' reactions; Women directors; Finance and Financial Management; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1761; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/2760/viewcontent/Women_On_Board.JBR.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

Existing studies on women directorships present equivocal results on the association between appointing women directors and firm performance. These studies tend to focus on western countries and largely ignore investors' reactions to such appointments. This paper applies the financial event stu...