Female representation on boards and carbon emissions: International evidence

Hatem Rjiba () and Tharshan Thavaharan

Finance Research Letters, 2022, vol. 49, issue C

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on firms’ carbon emissions. Using a sample of firms from 43 countries during the 2005–2019 period, we establish that firms with more gender-diverse boards have a lower carbon footprint. Our results are shown to be robust for a battery of sensitivity checks, including the use of alternative definitions of board gender diversity, multiple estimation methods, inclusion of additional control variables, and potential endogeneity concerns.

Keywords: Carbon emissions; Board gender diversity; Corporate governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 K32 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2022.103079

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