Gender Diversity on Bank Board of Directors and Performance

Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last revised: 16 Sep 2020

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Ann L. Owen

Hamilton College - Economics Department

Judit Temesvary

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Date Written: February, 2019

Abstract

Many papers have studied the effects of boards' gender composition on firm performance and a few have studied it in the banking industry specifically. In this Note, we study this issue using a newly compiled annual dataset on bank boards and financial performance.

Suggested Citation

Owen, Ann L. and Temesvary, Judit, Gender Diversity on Bank Board of Directors and Performance (February, 2019). FEDS Notes No. 2019-02-12-1, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3336048 or http://dx.doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.2270

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