Is There a Gender Gap in Fiscal Political Preferences?

Alvarez, R. Michael; McCaffery, Edward J.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.240502

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“…Ashford and Timms (1992), in reporting evidence from a survey of Western European Values, comment that 'an individualistic strategy appeals more to men than to women: women are slightly but consistently more likely to favour collective over individualist options ' (p. 104). This observation recurs in the IEA's citizenship survey (Schagen, 2002) and Alvarez and McCaffery's (2000) review of US gender differences on fiscal preferences. The tendency for females to be more likely than males to vote for the political party more associated with interventionist policies has been observed in the USA for several decades.…”

Section: Gender Differences In Economic Attitudes and Thinkingmentioning

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Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes

Davies

Mangan

Telhaj

2005

British Educational Res J

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In the first half of this paper we develop a perspective on the role of 'boldness' in explaining gender differences in thinking and attitudes. We apply this analysis to evidence from Australia, the USA and the UK in relation to economics at school and university levels. In the second half we present the results of a study of over 1000 15-17-year-olds in UK secondary schools. On the basis of the gender differences revealed in these data and our preceding analysis we offer some implications for learning and teaching.

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Section: Gender Differences In Economic Attitudes and Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 76%

Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes

Davies

Mangan

Telhaj

2005

British Educational Res J

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“…In addition, a higher degree of diversity may benefit the board’s decision process as new perspectives on various issues are represented combined with a mutual exchange of ideas stemming from board members with dispersed backgrounds and life experience (see e.g. Alvarez and McCaffery, 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is well documented that women and men have different attitudes on various policy issues, which manifest itself for example in fiscal political preferences. To illustrate, Alvarez and McCaffery (2000) conduct an empirical study exploring the gender gap between attitudes on potential uses of the budget surplus and gender. They find a significant gender gap with men being far more likely than women to support tax cuts or paying down national debt.…”

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confidence: 99%

Does female board representation influence firm performance? The Danish evidence

Rose

2007

Corporate Governance

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Board diversity has become a major issue within corporate governance where a number of studies seek to explore the impact of diversity on firm performance. The debate focuses on questions such as whether a corporation's board should reflect the firm's stakeholders or be more in line with society in general. This article uses a sample of listed Danish firms during the period of 1998-2001 in a cross sectional analysis. Despite that fact that Denmark has gone very far in the liberalisation of women, Danish board rooms are still to a large extent dominated by men. Contrary to a number of other studies, this article does not find any significant link between firm performance as measured by Tobin's Q and female board representation. This is also the case for board members' educational background as well as the proportion of foreigners. It is argued that board members with an unconventional background are socialised unconsciously adopting the ideas of the majority of conventional board members, which entails that a potential performance effect does not materialise. Copyright (c) 2007 The Author; Journal compilation (c) 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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“…Gender diversity may benefit the board's decision making process. New perceptions are presented, and ideas are mutually exchanged (Alvarez & McCaffery, 2000). Furthermore, diversity may become a competitive advantage because it enriches the board's knowledge base, creativity and innovation (Watson, Kumar, & Michaelsen, 1993).…”

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Board Composition, Firm Characteristics, and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Jordanian Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

Sartawi¹,

Hindawi²,

Bsoul³

et al. 2014

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This study examines the impact of board composition on the level of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of listed Jordanian firms. Content analysis is used to collect the required data form the 2012-annual reports of 103 firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. Overall, the empirical evidence provided by the study is in line with the agency theory predictions. Furthermore, they have practical implications for firms and regulators in Jordan on the importance of the board of directors and voluntary disclosure as control mechanisms for mitigating the effect of the information asymmetries and agency problems. The study shows a moderate level of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of Jordanian firms. However, insurance firms tend to disclose more voluntary information than industrial and services firms. Also, the results suggest that Jordanian firms with a high-level of board ownership concentration tend to keep the level of voluntary disclosure low. On the other hand, the presence of foreign directors on the board seems to influence, positively, the level of voluntary disclosure in Jordanian firms. Likewise, the proportion of the old directors on the boards in Jordanian firms is very high and is significantly associated with a higher level of voluntary disclosure.

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Is There a Gender Gap in Fiscal Political Preferences?

Cited by 38 publications

References 59 publications

Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes

Bold, reckless and adaptable? Explaining gender differences in economic thinking and attitudes

Does female board representation influence firm performance? The Danish evidence

Board Composition, Firm Characteristics, and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Jordanian Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

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