The influence of gender on the provision of a public good

Nowell, Clifford; Tinkler, Sarah

doi:10.1016/0167-2681(94)90084-1

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“…Sell et al (1993), Solow and Kirkwood (2002), Chermak and Krause (2002) and Andreoni and Petrie (2008) also find no significant differences in the contributions of men and women. Contrary results are reported by Stockard et al (1988), Nowell and Tinkler (1994) and Seguino et al (1996), who show that women contribute more than men. Frank et al (1993) observe women to cooperate significantly more than men in a prisoner's dilemma game.…”

Section: Introductioncontrasting

confidence: 47%

Cooperation in social dilemmas

Chaudhuri¹

2009

Experiments in Economics

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Section: Introductioncontrasting

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Cooperation in social dilemmas

Chaudhuri¹

2009

Experiments in Economics

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“…There is a normative rationalisation that greater gender diversity in the boardroom results in well-rounded decisionmaking, problem-solving and, hence, better results. Furthermore, Nowell and Tinkler (1994) found that women are more cooperative than men and they increase firm value. The fact that women drive more than 80 % of consumer decisions in households indicates the depth of customer understanding that women can bring commercial needs (Hudson 2007).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women on board, firm financial performance and agency costs

Wellalage

Locke

2012

Asian J Bus Ethics

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This study investigates the link between female board directors and company financial performance and agency costs in Sri Lanka's publicly listed companies. In order to investigate the impact of board gender diversity on firm financial performance, a dynamic panel generalised method of moment estimation is applied. Three variables are used as proxies for gender diversity of the board of directors, namely the percentage of women on the board, a dichotomous dummy and the Blau index. A Tobit model with endogenous regressors is used to investigate the impact of female board members on agency cost, using growth opportunities as a measure of agency cost. After controlling for size, industry and other corporate governance measures, this study finds a significant negative relationship between the proportion of women on boards and firm value along with an increase in company agency cost. This evidence provides insights for governments and academic institutions in their efforts to provide resources that will help enhance women's leadership skills.

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“…Efforts using laboratory experiments to assess whether women supply different levels of public goods than men or are more cooperative (Nowell and Tinkler 1994;Eckel and Grossman 1998;Solow and Kirkwood 2002) seem to be sensitive to the form of the experiment. Much of the field evidence on this question is hampered by concerns about reverse causality (for example, Dollar, Fisman, and Gatti 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%