Do women directors improve firm performance in China?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-184

  Liu, Yu ^a   Wei, Zuobao ^a   Xie, Feixue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Firm performance; Gender diversity; Ownership structure; Women directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908321383     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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