We examine the benefits and costs associated with foreign independent directors (FIDs) at U.S. corporations. We find that firms with FIDs make better...
Can female directors help save economies and the firms on whose boards they sit? Policy makers seem to think so. Numerous countries have implemented...
We develop a dynamic model of board decision-making akin to dynamic voting models in the political economy literature. We show a board could retain a...
In 2018, California became the first U.S. state to introduce a mandatory board gender quota for all firms headquartered in the state. Even though the...
The lack of board diversity across gender and race has been one of the most controversial topics in corporate board governance in recent years. Given the...
This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on renewable energy consumption. Using a panel of 11,677 firm-year observations from the USA...