No debt no performance? CEO gender matters

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2022
Volume: 219
Issue: C

Authors (3)

Hamelin, Anaïs (not in RePEc) Lefebvre, Vivien (not in RePEc) Weill, Laurent (Université de Strasbourg)

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0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

We examine the effect of CEO gender on the relation between having no debt and firm performance on a sample of Italian firms. No debt is associated with higher performance for male-led firms but with lower performance for female-led firms.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:219:y:2022:i:c:s0165176522003147
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29