Do female CEOs handle crises better? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

Thornton, John and Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis (2024) Do female CEOs handle crises better? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic. Economics and Business Letters, 13 (3). ISSN 2254-4380 (In Press)

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Abstract

We examine whether firm performance in response to the shock of the COVID pandemic differed depending upon whether the CEO was female or male. We find that though female CEOs do not consistently demonstrate better management across all periods, following the shock, firms run by female CEOs were more profitable, more highly valued and more risk averse than firms run by male CEOs.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	covid-19,female ceos,firm performance,1* ,/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/REFrank/1_
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 May 2024 12:30
Last Modified:	13 May 2024 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95121
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