Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Expropriations: Evidence from Pakistan Stock Exchange

This research study investigates the role of board gender diversity in mitigating risk corporate expropriation listed companies Pakistan. For this purpose, data from 2009 to 2019 has been collected for 223 firms randomly selected 24 non-financial sectors. The current used panel analysis techniques i.e. random vs fixed-effect regression models were estimated testing relationship and expropriations. results showed that Hausman test support effect data. a negative significant on dividend ratios director loans, which are as proxy Moreover, external audit quality, growth, leverage also found hurt However, managerial ownership, net profit margin, size variables have positive will be helpful managers policy makers regarding governance provide deep insight managing aligning benefits outsider shareholders by reducing expropriations controlling large shareholders. is novel its nature being first conducted context Pakistan studied