Does board gender diversity improve the informativeness of stock prices?

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-338

  Gul, Ferdinand A ^a   Srinidhi, Bin ^b   Ng, Anthony C ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diversity; Earnings quality; Female director; Governance; Idiosyncratic volatility; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953026541     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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