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... rating Insolvency risk Female representation Top managers B54 G32 J16 M14 Gender issues, female participation and the most suitable mechanism for rebalancing female participation remain hot topics in empirical studies at an international level, and they are also on the political...

... monitoring (Bennouri et al., 2018) and causing tokenism if a sufficient number of females do not exist on boards (Joecks et al., 2013). Corporate governance Board gender diversity Female directors Takeover market Market for corporate control G34 J16 K22...

...-use rights only Governance Gender diversity Board Stock market liquidity Market reaction G10 G12 G34 J16 Despite the intense debate on women’s presence on corporate boards, Terjesen et al. (2015) show that women represent 10.3 per cent of the board directorships...

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