The Role of Gender in the Aggressive Questioning of CEOs During Earnings Conference Calls

ABSTRACT We investigate the role of gender on aggressiveness sell-side analysts' questions during earnings conference calls. Our tests reveal that verbal is significantly associated with both analyst asking question and CEO fielding question. First, we find male analysts are more verbally aggressive than female analysts. Specifically, direct likely to be followed further questions, have a preface statement, negative, all which consistent aggressiveness. Second, CEOs their CEOs. Gender-based appears career trajectories: who ask higher likelihood becoming “star” analysts, whereas fail such evidence for JEL Classifications: D83; J16; M14; M40; M41; Z13.