The impact of board gender composition on dividend payouts
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.01.001
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Keywords
Gender composition; Board of directors; Dividend payout; Corporate governance;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- G35 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Payout Policy
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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