Do women on management board increase fair value relevance?
Open Access
- 12 June 2017
- journal article
- Published by Virtus Interpress in Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review
- Vol. 1 (1), 6-16
- https://doi.org/10.22495/cgsrv1i1p1
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is the link between women on management board and the value relevance of fair value accounting according to IFRS 13. The empirical quantitative study covers a sample of German companies listed at the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange for the business years 2013-2015 (411 firm-year observations). Value relevance is measured by the modified Ohlson (1995) model and we separate fair value accounting in level 1, level 2 and level 3 fair values. Multiple regressions state that female members in the man-agement board do have a positive impact on the value relevance of fair value accounting according to IFRS 13. Surprisingly, gender diversity only has a significant impact on the value relevance of fair valued assets on level 1 and 2 (“mark to market”) but not on level 3 (“mark to model”).Keywords
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