Resumen de Three essays on gender issues in accounting, governance and risk aversion
Mariano Pablo Scapin
This Thesis presents three studies on gender issues in accounting, governance and risk aversion. Chapter one analyzes the effects of the introduction of gender quotas on boards of directors on the monitoring role of boards. Chapter two studies whether males and females have different preferences over risk than their male counterparts in the particular setting of a multiple choice exam. Finally, chapter three studies the determinants—at firm level—of hiring female board members in a context characterized by increasing social pressure toward gender diversity on boards of directors.
