Table 5

The contribution of female directors on monitoring tasks (controlling for busy directorships)

Monitoring tasks
SpainItalyFrance
Skewed board (<20% women)1.36 (0.46)   
Tilted board (20–33% women) −3.16 (–1.20)  
Tilted board (>33% women)  5.82** (1.94) 
Balanced board (>40% women)   −1.28 (−0.49)
Busy directorships0.84 (0.48)−4.10*** (−3.89)−3.87*** (−3.68)−2.34*** (−2.78)
Independent directors %0.09 (1.06) 0.28*** (3.48)0.21*** (2.99)
CEO duality1.55 (0.47)0.33*** (4.04)5.51 (1.46)−0.93 (−0.33)
Board size1.38*** (2.59)−0.49 (−1.35)−0.33 (−0.85)0.57 (0.99)
Log (total assets)4.02 (1.40)−5.17 (−1.35)−7.11* (−1.89)21.21*** (4.72)
R-squared within0.040.120.120.13
R-squared between0.260.600.120.05
R-overall0.140.010.040.02
N. Obs326317317354
N. Firms33373734

Note(s): T-statistics are reported in brackets. *, ** and *** denotes significance at 10%, 5% and 1%, respectively. Robust standard errors clustered at the firm-division level. All tests are two-tailed

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