Table 6

Robustness check

Monitoring tasks
(1)(2)(3)(4)
SpainItalyFrance
Skewed board (<20% women)2.57 (0.62)   
Tilted board (20–33% women) −1.86 (−0.43)  
Tilted board (>33% women)  5.68* (1.66) 
Balanced board (>40% women)   0.08 (0.03)
Independent directors %0.07 (0.55)0.27 (1.55)0.22*** (2.11)0.19*** (2.88)
CEO duality−1.63 (−0.31)1.10 (0.26)2.46 (0.59)0.67 (0.24)
Board size0.82 (1.14)−0.63 (−1.30)−0.41 (−0.99)0.74 (1.28)
Two-tier 5.48 (1.27)7.83 (1.01)−6.60 (−0.42)
Log (total assets)2.10 (0.56)2.09 (0.45)0.59 (0.13)2.55*** (4.80)
R-squared within0.010.040.050.10
R-squared between0.250.060.060.01
R-overall0.110.060.300.02
N. Obs303268268355
N. Firms33333334

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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