...Mine Aksoy; Mustafa Kemal Yilmaz Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of board characteristics on the cost of debt for non-financial companies in the Turkish capital markets. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of 211 non-financial companies listed on Borsa Istanbul...

... set that covers all non-financial public companies quoted at the Borsa Istanbul between the years 2009 and 2017. To investigate the relationships between the presence and ratio of female directors and company financial performance, the current study uses the pooled ordinary least squares method...