...Ratish Kumar Jha; Niva Kalita; Reshma Kumari Tiwari Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of board demographic diversity – specifically diversity in terms of gender, tenure, age, financial education and composite board diversity – on firm risk-taking. Design/methodology...

... that the relationship between the board gender diversity and the capital structure is mediated through the information transparency channel and firm risk taking channel. Furthermore, the results show that the effect of board gender diversity on capital structure decisions varies through the approach adopted (voluntary...