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1.

The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: A Conceptual Framework & Survey

Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2008-21, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 228/2009, Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2008-03-020
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 18 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Renee B. Adams, Benjamin E. Hermalin and Michael S. Weisbach
University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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endogenous governance, board of director selection and actions

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Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Governance and Performance

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 57/2004
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Board of Directors, Board Effectiveness, Gender, Diversity

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Corporate Performance, Board Structure and its Determinants in the Banking Industry

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Jun 2005
Renee B. Adams and Hamid Mehran
University of Oxford and Independent
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Corporate Governance, Board Structure, Banking Industry, Holding Company, Organizational Form

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Is Corporate Governance Different for Bank Holding Companies?

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Is Corporate Governance Different for Bank Holding Companies?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 May 2003
Renee B. Adams and Hamid Mehran
University of Oxford and Independent
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Governance, Board of Directors, Bank Holding Company, Investment Opportunities, Regulation, Policy

Is Corporate Governance Different for Bank Holding Companies?

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2003
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Renee B. Adams and Hamid Mehran
University of Oxford and Independent
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Board of Directors, bank holding company, corporate governance, instititional owners

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Is Gender in the Eye of the Beholder? Identifying Cultural Attitudes with Art Auction Prices

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Feb 2020
Renee B. Adams, Roman Kräussl, Marco A. Navone and Patrick Verwijmeren
University of Oxford, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), Finance Discipline Group - UTS Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
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Art, Auction, Gender, Culture, Inequality

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Governance and the Financial Crisis

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Governance and the Financial Crisis

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 248/2009
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 May 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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financial crisis, boards, executive compensation, financial firms

Governance and the Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Oct 2011
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Financial Firms, Financial Crisis, Boards of Directors, Governance Codes, Governance Indices, Regulation

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What Do Boards Do? Evidence from Board Committee and Director Compensation Data

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Sep 2005
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Board of Directors; Committee, Compensation, Effort, Monitoring, Strategy, Stakeholder

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Lehman Sisters

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Lehman Sisters

FIRN Research Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 17 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2015
Renee B. Adams and Vanitha Ragunathan
University of Oxford and University of Queensland - Business School
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Women, Risk-Aversion, Risk, Crisis, Bank, Board of Directors

Lehman Sisters

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2018
Renee B. Adams and Vanitha Ragunathan
University of Oxford and University of Queensland - Business School
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Women, Gender, Risk Aversion, Selection, Risk, Crisis, Banks, Board of Directors

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Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?

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Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?

UPF Working Paper Series, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 273/2010
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 20 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
Renee B. Adams and Patricia Funk
University of Oxford and University of Lugano
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Female Directors, Directors, Gender, Boards, Values, Risk

Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Does Gender Matter?

Management Science, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Oct 2011
Renee B. Adams and Patricia Funk
University of Oxford and University of Lugano

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Female Directors, Directors, Gender, Boards, Values, Risk

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One Share, One Vote: The Empirical Evidence

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One Share, One Vote: The Empirical Evidence

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 177/2007
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 01 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Disproportional ownership, mechanisms, control

One Share-One Vote: The Empirical Evidence

Review of Finance, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 51-91, 2008
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance

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G32, G34

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Does Gender Matter in the Boardroom? Evidence from the Market Reaction to Mandatory New Director Announcements

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams, Stephen Gray and John Nowland
University of Oxford, University of Queensland - Business School and City University of Hong Kong
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board of directors, director appointments, female directors, gender, monitoring, stakeholders

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Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals

IFN Working Paper No. 1024, FIRN Research Paper No. 2436765, Harvard Business School Research Paper No. 16-044, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 478/2016
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 15 May 2014 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2017
Renee B. Adams, Matti Keloharju and Samuli Knüpfer
University of Oxford, Aalto University - School of Business and Aalto University School of Business
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CEO, cognitive ability, non-cognitive ability, height, compensation, firm size

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A Theory of Friendly Boards

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 100/2005
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Dec 2005
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Family, Values, and Women in Finance

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 23 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2017
Renee B. Adams, Brad M. Barber and Terrance Odean
University of Oxford, University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Finance; Women; CFA; Investment Industry; Values; Tradition; Selection

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Director Skill Sets

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2017
Renee B. Adams, Ali C. Akyol and Patrick Verwijmeren
University of Oxford, University of Ottawa and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
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Directors; Qualifications; Expertise; Skills; Board effectiveness; Regulation S-K; Diversity

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Powerful CEOS and Their Impact on Corporate Performance

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Powerful CEOS and Their Impact on Corporate Performance

AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings; EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Discussion Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Nov 2003
Heitor Almeida, Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Powerful CEOS and Their Impact on Corporate Performance

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 18, Issue 4, pp. 1403-1432, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Renee B. Adams, Heitor Almeida and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and London School of Economics - Department of Finance

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brain metastases, HRQoL, stereotactic radiosurgery

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Corporate Performance, Board Structure, and Their Determinants in the Banking Industry

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 330
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Renee B. Adams and Hamid Mehran
University of Oxford and Independent
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corporate governance, board structure, banking industry, holding company, organizational structure

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Shareholders and Stakeholders: How Do Directors Decide?

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Shareholders and Stakeholders: How Do Directors Decide?

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 276/2010
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams, Amir N. Licht and Lilach Sagiv
University of Oxford, Reichman University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration
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Corporate Governance, Shareholderism, Stakeholders, Values

Shareholders and Stakeholders: How Do Directors Decide?

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2019
Renee B. Adams, Amir N. Licht and Lilach Sagiv
University of Oxford, Reichman University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration
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shareholderism, stakeholders, directors, values, corporate governance

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Barriers to Boardrooms

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 347/2013, Asian Finance Association (AsFA) 2013 Conference
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 23 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2015
Renee B. Adams and Tom Kirchmaier
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance
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Boardroom Diversity; Female Labor Force Participation; Culture; Quotas; Codes

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The Dual Role of Corporate Boards as Advisors and Monitors of Management: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Nov 2000
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Women on Boards: The Superheroes of Tomorrow?

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 466/2016, FIRN Research Paper No. 2696804
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 30 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Gender, Boards of Directors, Business Case, Selection, Causal Inference, Policy, Quota

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Understanding the Relationship between Founder-CEOs and Firm Performance

Journal of Empirical Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams, Heitor Almeida and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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founders, family firms, founder-CEO succession

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Identifying the Effect of Managerial Control on Firm Performance

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Identifying the Effect of Managerial Control on Firm Performance

Journal of Accounting and Economics 41, 55-85, 2006.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Nov 2005
Renee B. Adams and João A. C. Santos
University of Oxford and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Managerial control, Voting rights, Performance measurement, Trust investments

Identifying the Effect of Managerial Control on Firm Performance

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Mar 2002
Renee B. Adams and João A. C. Santos
University of Oxford and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Managerial control, Voting rights, Performance measurement, Trust investments

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Asking Directors About Their Dual Roles

Finance and Corporate Governance Conference 2010 Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2018
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Board of Directors

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Bank Board Structure and Performance: Evidence for Large Bank Holding Companies

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Oct 2011
Renee B. Adams and Hamid Mehran
University of Oxford and Independent
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Corporate Governance, Board Structure, Banking Industry, Holding Company, Complexity, Sunsidiaries

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Boards, and the Directors Who Sit on Them

Forthcoming, The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, 2017, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 515/2017
Number of pages: 135 Posted: 14 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Boards, Directors, Groups, Advising, Stakeholders, Banks, Gender, Policy, Citations, Traits

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The Math Gender Gap and Women's Career Outcomes

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2022
Renee B. Adams, Brad M. Barber and Terrance Odean
University of Oxford, University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Math Gender Gap, Gender Preferences, Gender Inequality, Women’s Careers

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Women in Finance

SWIFT Institute Working Paper Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 479/2016
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 27 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2017
Renee B. Adams and Tom Kirchmaier
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance
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Mathematics; Gender Gaps; Finance; Banks; STEM; Board; Diversity; Growth; PISA; NAEP

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Corporate Gender Culture

UNSW Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Jul 2021
Renee B. Adams, Ali C. Akyol and Pauline A. Grosjean
University of Oxford, University of Ottawa and UNSW Business School, School of Economics
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corporate gender culture, firm performance, gender diversity, computational linguistics, gender differentiation

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Do Directors Perform for Pay?

EFA 2004 MAASTRICHT, Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 46, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Boards, Directors, Attendance, Meetings, Incentives

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Shareholderism: Board Members' Values and the Shareholder-Stakeholder Dilemma

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 204/2008
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2014
Renee B. Adams, Amir N. Licht and Lilach Sagiv
University of Oxford, Reichman University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration
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corporate governance, stakeholders, corporate social responsibility, values

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Shareholders and Stakeholders around the World: The Role of Values, Culture, and Law in Directors’ Decisions

LawFin Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2022
Amir N. Licht and Renee B. Adams
Reichman University and University of Oxford
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shareholderism, stakeholders, directors, values, culture, social norms, law, institutions, corporate governance, CSR, ESG, entrepreneurship

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Gender Equality in Work and COVID-19 Deaths

Covid Economics, Issue 16, 11 May 2020, p 23-60
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 May 2020
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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COVID-19, Death, Gender, Work, Equality, Doctors, Nurses, labor Force Participation

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Death by Committee? An Analysis of Corporate Board (Sub-) Committees

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 22 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 20 May 2020
Renee B. Adams, Vanitha Ragunathan and Robert Tumarkin
University of Oxford, University of Queensland - Business School and UNSW Australia Business School, School of Banking and Finance
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Board of Directors; Committee; Decision-Making; Sarbanes-Oxley

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What's Good for Women Is Good for Science: Evidence from the American Finance Association

Review of Corporate Finance Studies, forthcoming
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 05 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2022
Renee B. Adams and Michelle Lowry
University of Oxford and Drexel University
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Gender, diversity, preferences, structure of work, bias

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STEM Parents and Women in Finance

Financial Analysts Journal, 2018 (vol. 74, no.2)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 May 2017 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2018
Renee B. Adams, Brad M. Barber and Terrance Odean
University of Oxford, University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Women, Gender, Finance, CFA, Investment Industry

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The ABCs of Empirical Corporate (Governance) Research

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Aug 2017
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Methods; Assumptions; Applications; Empirics; Corporate Governance

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Myths and Facts About Female Directors

IFC Private Sector Opinion, Issue 37, 2015
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 May 2015
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Directors; Female; Crisis; Myths; Stereotypes; Selection

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Women on Boards in Finance and STEM Industries

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2016
Renee B. Adams and Tom Kirchmaier
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Centre for Economic Performance
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Corporate Boards, Gender participation, STEM

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Regulatory Pressure and Bank Directors' Incentives to Attend Board Meetings

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 203/2008
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Bank Directors, Regulators, Incentives, Attendance, Board Meetings

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The Inequality of Finance

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Renee B. Adams and Jing Xu
University of Oxford and University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
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Finance, Science, Thought Leadership, Preferences, Gender, STEM, Economics, Citations, Culture

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Gender Discrimination as a Consequence of Team Failure

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2020
Renee B. Adams and Min S. Kim
University of Oxford and Boston University
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gender, discrimination, mutual fund, team

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Gendered Prices

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 25 Jan 2021
Renee B. Adams, Roman Kräussl, Marco A. Navone and Patrick Verwijmeren
University of Oxford, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), Finance Discipline Group - UTS Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
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Law of One Price, Bias, Art, Gender, Auction, Culture, Inequality

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Moderation in Groups: Evidence from Betting on Ice Break-Ups in Alaska

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Bets, Betting Pools, Decision Making, Variability

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What Do Bankers Know?

FIRN Research Paper, ECGI - Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2023
Renee B. Adams, Yanhui Wu and Qiaoqiao Zhu
University of Oxford, Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance and Australian National University (ANU) - College of Business and Economics
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Banks, Insider trading, Information, Governance

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The Role of Boards of Directors in Corporate Governance: a Conceptual Framework and Survey

NBER Working Paper No. w14486
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2022
Renee B. Adams, Benjamin E. Hermalin and Michael S. Weisbach
University of Oxford, University of California, Berkeley and Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
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Strong Managers, Weak Boards?

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Strong Managers, Weak Boards?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 May 2009
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
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Board Composition, Corporate Governance, Board Monitoring, Private Benefits, Ownership Structure

Strong Managers, Weak Boards?

CESifo Economic Studies, Vol. 55, Issue 3-4, pp. 482-514, 2009
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance

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board composition, corporate governance, board monitoring, private benefits, ownership structure

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Who Directs the Fed?

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Who Directs the Fed?

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 293/2011
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 07 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Federal Reserve, Director, Banks, Regulatory Capture

Who Directs the Fed?

24th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2011 Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Federal Reserve, Director, Banks, Regulatory Capture, Governance

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Is Pay a Matter of Values?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Renee B. Adams and Mariassunta Giannetti
University of Oxford and Stockholm School of Economics
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Executive compensation, internal firm governance, labor market, culture

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Introduction to Chapter 23 of Corporate Governance: Governance of Banking Institutions

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, H. Kent Baker and Ronald Anderson, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 26 Jan 2010
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Bank Governance, Regulation, Law, Boards, Executive Compensation, Ownership, Organizational Structure

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Gender Diversity in Investment Management: New Research for Practitioners on How to Close the Gender Gap

CFA Institute Research Foundation 2016B - 5
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 31 May 2017
Rebecca Fender, Renee B. Adams, Brad M. Barber and Terrance Odean
CFA Institute, University of Oxford, University of California, Davis and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Shareholderism: Board Members’ Values and the Shareholder-Stakeholder Dilemma

CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2014
Renee B. Adams, Amir N. Licht and Lilach Sagiv
University of Oxford, Reichman University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Jerusalem School of Business Administration
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corporate governance, stakeholders, corporate social responsibility, values

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Diversity, Inclusion, and the Dissemination of Ideas: Evidence from the Academic Finance Profession

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Jan 2021
Renee B. Adams and Michelle Lowry
University of Oxford and Drexel University
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diversity, survey, academics

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Good News for Some Banks

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 502/2017, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy & the State Working Paper No. 311
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 28 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2024
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Federal Reserve, Director, Banks, Conflicts of Interest, Political Connection, Reputation, Insider Trading, Enforcement Actions, Regulatory Capture

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Bankers on Fed Boards: Is Good News for the Banks Bad News for the Fed?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Nov 2013
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Federal Reserve, Director, Banks, Conflicts of Interest, Reputation, Perception

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Trust in Finance: Values Matter

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Aug 2020
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Trust, Morals, Ethics, Values,Attitudes, Finance,CFA, Education, Selection

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The Culture of the Finance Profession: Evidence from the 2020/2021 American Finance Association Survey

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 845/2022
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2024
Renee B. Adams and Michelle Lowry
University of Oxford and Drexel University
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Dear Congress Member: Letters to Congress and the Shaping of (Financial) Legislation

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Apr 2023
Renee B. Adams and Thomas C. Mosk
University of Oxford and Queen Mary University of London - School of Economics and Finance
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petition; consumer group; trade association; legislation; congress; committee; Financial Services Committee; revolving doors; campaign contributions; voting; lobbying; access

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Women (and men) in finance are not typical

Revue d’économie Financière, March 2024
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 Jan 2025
Renee B. Adams
University of Oxford
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Distribution, risk aversion, power, values, preferences, Lehman Sisters, gender, women, finance, board of directors

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Sex, Science, and Society

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 21 Jan 2025
Renee B. Adams and Jing Xu
University of Oxford and University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
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innovation, Diversity, Gender, STEM, Culture, Gender Equality Paradox

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Shareholders and Stakeholders Around the World: The Role of Values, Culture, and Law in Directors’ Decisions

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 459/2019
Posted: 23 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2021
Amir N. Licht and Renee B. Adams
Reichman University and University of Oxford

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shareholderism, stakeholders, directors, values, culture, social norms, law, institutions, corporate governance, CSR, entrepreneurship