The board gender composition and cost of debt: Empirical evidence from Jordan

Marwan Mansour; Mo'taz Al Zobi; Mohammed W. A. Saleh; Saddam Al‐Nohood; Ahmad Marei

doi:10.1002/bsd2.300

journal article Sep 28, 2023

The board gender composition and cost of debt: Empirical evidence from Jordan

Marwan Mansour

Mo'taz Al Zobi Mohammed W. A. Saleh

Saddam Al‐Nohood

Ahmad Marei

Business Strategy & Development Vol. 7 No. 1 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThe present research aims to examine the influences of board gender composition on debt costs and its significance to Jordanian creditors: mainly banks, using agency and resource dependence theories. A sample of 113 non‐financial Jordanian firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) from 2010 to 2019 was utilised to explore the impact of board gender on the cost of debt financing through panel regression analysis. To tackle endogeneity concerns, we employ a two‐step system generalised method of moments estimator. The findings discovered that more female directors on firm boards generated economic benefits for non‐financial sectors, which achieved an average 0.75% cut‐off interest rate incurred by lenders compared to the counterparts with fewer female directors. Our findings are still robust to endogeneity concerns. The findings offered valuable insights for academics, shareholders, firms, and regulators. Shareholders are required to provide more pressure on firms to enhance gender equality. Firms should adjust board gender composition via the inclusion of more female directors while regulators should develop guidelines, such as a minimum female quota in promoting more females to the board. The finding generalisability is limited to developing markets with similar settings. This study bridged a vital gap in the governance literature on the nexus between board gender composition and debt costs in Jordanian contexts where no minimum gender quota exists.

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Published: Sep 28, 2023
Vol/Issue: 7(1)
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Authors

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Marwan Mansour

Business Faculty Amman Arab University Amman Jordan

M

Mo'taz Al Zobi

Business Faculty Amman Arab University Amman Jordan

M

Mohammed W. A. Saleh

Department of Accounting and auditing Palestine Technical University—Khadoorie Tulkarem Palestine

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Saddam Al‐Nohood

Putra Business School (PBS) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang Malaysia

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Ahmad Marei

Faculty of Business Middle East University Amman Jordan

Cite This Article

Marwan Mansour, Mo'taz Al Zobi, Mohammed W. A. Saleh, et al. (2023). The board gender composition and cost of debt: Empirical evidence from Jordan. Business Strategy & Development, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.300

The board gender composition and cost of debt: Empirical evidence from Jordan

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