Andries, Alin Marius
[VerfasserIn]
;
Capraru, Bogdan
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Minguez-Vera, Antonio
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Nistor, Simona
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Gender Diversity on Boards and Bank Efficiency Across Emerging Europe
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Beschreibung:
This paper investigates the impact of gender diversity on bank efficiency using a unique hand-collected dataset specific to a sample of 128 commercial banks from Central and Eastern European countries during the period 2005-2012. Robust findings that account for endogeneity indicate that the absence of women in the boardroom is associated with lower cost and technical efficiency scores, while greater gender diversity among members of banks' boards enhances the efficiency, especially for small banks. Distinguishing between women representation in supervisory and managing boards, we empirically show that strengthening the women participation in less independent or domestic supervisory boards has a positive and significant effect on efficiency. A similar result is indicated by a greater gender diversity in the managing boards of banks with more relaxed governance practices