Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia
We examine the relationship between women’s representation on corporate boards and fraud. Drawing on a discussion of existing studies, we hypothesize that increasing women’s representation on boards can help mitigate fraud. We provide validation to our conjecture through an empirical analysis of 128...
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| author | Capezio, A. Mavisakalyan, Astghik |
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| description | We examine the relationship between women’s representation on corporate boards and fraud. Drawing on a discussion of existing studies, we hypothesize that increasing women’s representation on boards can help mitigate fraud. We provide validation to our conjecture through an empirical analysis of 128 publicly listed companies in Australia. We show that the increase in women’s representation on company boards is associated with a decreased probability of fraud. We demonstrate the consistency of this result across different robustness checks. We believe that our findings could be of interest to policy makers interested in enhancing board governance and monitoring. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-46352017-09-13T14:45:09Z Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia Capezio, A. Mavisakalyan, Astghik Women on boards Australia fraud governance We examine the relationship between women’s representation on corporate boards and fraud. Drawing on a discussion of existing studies, we hypothesize that increasing women’s representation on boards can help mitigate fraud. We provide validation to our conjecture through an empirical analysis of 128 publicly listed companies in Australia. We show that the increase in women’s representation on company boards is associated with a decreased probability of fraud. We demonstrate the consistency of this result across different robustness checks. We believe that our findings could be of interest to policy makers interested in enhancing board governance and monitoring. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4635 10.1177/0312896215579463 Sage Publications restricted |
| spellingShingle | Women on boards Australia fraud governance Capezio, A. Mavisakalyan, Astghik Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia |
| title | Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia |
| title_full | Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia |
| title_fullStr | Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia |
| title_short | Women in the boardroom and fraud: Evidence from Australia |
| title_sort | women in the boardroom and fraud: evidence from australia |
| topic | Women on boards Australia fraud governance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4635 |