The paper examines the moderating role of board size between characteristics and bank’s performance. study collected data from 18 licensed banks in Ghana 2012 to 2020, giving 180 observations for this study. adopted System Generalized Method Moments assess causal relationship bank's performance Ghana. was control problems endogeneity unobserved heterogeneity issues. findings show a significant ...

We study the participation of women in golf, a predominately male social activity, and its influence on their likelihood of serving on a board of directors. Exploiting a novel dataset of all golf games in Singapore, we find that woman golfers enjoy a 54% higher likelihood of serving on a board relative to male golfers. A woman’s probability of serving on the board in a large firm or in a predom...

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The 2011 Egyptian revolution was associated with significant political and social upheaval, followed by societal changes attempts policymakers to reduce the marginalisation of women promote their inclusion in economy. Drawing on this background, authors compare effect board gender diversity before after revolution. Results indicate that corporate boards is coupled improvements firm performance ...