Women on Boards of Philippine Publicly Traded Firms: Does Gender Diversity Affect Corporate Risk- Taking Behavior?

• Main Authors: Shi, Ailyn A., Yu, Michelle Kris A. Ong, Ricafrente, Louie Angelo S., Unite, Angelo A., Sullivan, Michael J.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Board diversity; Corporate risk-taking; Philippine corporations; System Generalized Method of Moments
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol21/iss2/3; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1365/viewcontent/RA_202_revised.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The notion that corporate boards should be more gender-diverse is attracting greater attention around the world. Some scholars argue that gender diversity on boards improves firm performance and induces more prudent corporate decision- making. This rationale is based on the hypothesis that women are...