Table 3.

GMM estimation of the effect of female governance on leverage

VariableModel 1
Leveraget−10.9514 ***
Femaleboard−0.0018
Boardindep−0.0103
Duality0.0075
Interestcoverage0.0451***
Loss−0.0415
Tangibility0.0890*
ROA0.0590
Size−0.0404
MtB−0.0355
Audit−0.0791**
Financial0.0281
Grade0.0207
m1−2.08**
m2−0.69
Hansen266.98 (0.160)
Number of observations5015
Number of instruments266
Number of groups907

Note(s): Determinants of the leverage ratio using the difference-GMM estimator. Significance levels are indicated as follows: ***1 level, **5 level and *10% level

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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