Does the Stock Market Gender Stereotype Corporate Boards? Evidence from the Market's Reaction to Directors' Trades

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-190

  Gregory, Alan ^a   Jeanes, Emma ^a   Tharyan, Rajesh ^a   Tonks, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877075568     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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