Table 7

Results concerning the effect of women on board on firm performance (main model and year-by-year results)

(1)
Model [1]
(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
OLS with year and industry dummies202120202019201820172016
Women on board−5.264***−8.948***−5.621**−7.401***−1.943−5.057*−2.139
(1.139)(2.772)(2.610)(2.678)(2.663)(2.931)(3.170)
Age board (log)1.5281.9931.2452.8483.1052.112−1.932
(1.301)(3.087)(2.756)(2.970)(3.523)(3.369)(3.678)
R&D expenses−17.20***−20.85***−14.30***−13.93***−19.54***−19.13***−15.76***
(2.110)(5.672)(4.612)(4.780)(5.293)(5.326)(5.597)
Patent expenses−18.37***−13.74***−11.28*−26.90***−27.02**−22.23***−23.40**
(3.183)(5.066)(5.990)(8.286)(11.609)(8.569)(10.985)
Licensing expenses−9.659−17.969−0.347−23.531−17.1539.6544.233
(6.027)(14.997)(7.100)(14.558)(16.962)(13.480)(16.514)
Tangibility5.957***7.448**7.031**7.918***3.59310.659***−1.531
(1.306)(2.927)(2.908)(2.747)(3.436)(3.247)(3.838)
Cash Holding4.822***8.632***9.575***4.6510.7442.7451.790
(1.225)(2.819)(2.605)(3.020)(3.427)(3.119)(3.253)
Size0.406**0.932**1.023**0.313−0.2210.547−0.293
(0.177)(0.408)(0.425)(0.432)(0.436)(0.454)(0.468)
Long term debt−9.483***−10.02***−8.710***−7.340***−7.260***−12.13***−11.66***
(0.798)(1.787)(1.738)(1.910)(1.903)(2.289)(2.258)
Age (log)4.086***4.903***3.779***4.068***4.078***3.680***4.786***
(0.282)(0.782)(0.718)(0.684)(0.703)(0.648)(0.693)
Dummy Listing1.841**−0.8511.7642.4991.5063.583**2.376
(0.932)(2.504)(1.616)(2.163)(2.871)(1.812)(2.565)
Dummy Delisting−27.14***−33.76***−22.982−32.057*−33.553*−22.195*−21.551
(7.209)(2.482)(17.762)(19.270)(18.591)(12.787)(15.469)
Dummy South4.508***5.112***5.308***5.112***4.126***2.236*5.084***
(0.414)(0.930)(0.890)(0.968)(1.045)(1.143)(1.125)
R20.0780.1170.1020.0800.0690.0800.078
Observations12,1732,0212,1112,0962,0651,9981,882

Note(s): For a description of variables, see Table 1. Year and Industry dummies are included in the model although not reported. Robust standard errors are reported in brackets. ***: denotes significance at the 1% level; **: denotes significance at the 5% level; *: denotes significance at the 10% level. The variable “Women on Board” is the number of women on board divided by the total number of board members

Source(s): Authors' own work

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