Does gender diversity on firm’s board affect dividend payouts? Evidence from India
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Abstract This study attempts to determine whether gender diversity on the firm's board affects dividend payout ratio concerning firms listed Nifty 50 in India. Multiple regression analysis and logit model have been employed. The dependent variable is policy of firm, independent diversity. incorporated control variables that popularly extant literature. robustness results has also tested. It was found there exists a positive association between percentage female directors ratio. Results impact number total assets. implies positively firms. first its kind investigate
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عنوان ژورنال: Future Business Journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2314-7202', '2314-7210']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-021-00070-z