Essays about: "Gender of senior executives"

Found 1 essay containing the words Gender of senior executives.

  1. 1. Investors Trust and the Gender of Senior Executives: An empirical study of investors trust and whether it is dependent on the gender of the senior executives of a company

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sofie Hansson; Matilda Åvall; [2017-08-09]
    Keywords : Investor trust; Investor perceived risk; Gender of senior executives; Bid-ask spread;

    Abstract : This study examines whether investors’ trust in senior executives is dependent on the gender of these, by investigating the relationship between the gender of the CEO/CFO and investors perceived risk of investing in the company. To make the result more robust, we control for factors that are generally known to influence the size of the bid-ask spread, such as size, trading volume, sector and market-to-book ratio, as well as for personal characteristics. READ MORE