Table 5

The critical mass of female directors on CSD

Dep. Var. = DISVOL
(1)(2)(3)
1WOMAN−0.106  
(−0.480)  
2WOMEN −0.165 
 (−1.323) 
≥3WOMEN  0.257**
  (2.015)
BDSIZE0.094***0.084***0.069**
(3.231)(2.829)(2.337)
INDPDIR−0.747−0.776−0.870
(−1.389)(−1.466)(−1.635)
COMPRN0.625***0.620***0.617***
(3.678)(3.681)(3.710)
AUDCOMIND0.2150.1620.173
(0.270)(0.206)(0.221)
CYBERPOLICY0.0890.0650.064
(0.733)(0.553)(0.542)
InterceptYesYesYes
Control variablesYesYesYes
Year FEYesYesYes
Industry FEYesYesYes
Cluster byFirmFirmFirm
Observations630630630
Adjusted R20.3890.3930.397

Note(s): The table presents the results examining the critical mass effect of women's representation on boards. The definitions of variables are given in the  Appendix. Column 1 shows the impact of the board with only one woman on CSD, whereas Column 2 reports the impact of the board with two women. Column 3 presents the result of boards with three or more women. Robust two-tailed t-statistics clustered by firm are shown in parentheses. Superscripts ***, **, and * denote significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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