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CEO gender, institutional context and firm exports

Audretsch, David B.; Belitski, Maksim; Chowdhury, Farzana; Desai, Sameeksha

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David B. Audretsch

Maksim Belitski

Sameeksha Desai



Abstract

To what extent does the gender of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) matter in the relationship between home country corruption and firm exports? Drawing on post-structural feminist and institutional theories, we employ self-reported micro-level and cross-country data from 4714 firms in 75 countries during 2008-2015 to examine how differences in institutional contexts affect firms exports in men- and women-led firms. We find that pervasive and arbitrary corruption types have different effects on firm exports, and that female CEOs mitigate the effects of corruption in two distinct ways. Our results contribute to institutional and post-structural feminist literature, and are robust when controlling for economic development and the quality of gender institutional characteristics. Our study suggests that female CEOs in developing and emerging economies will be less vulnerable to predictably-corrupt institutions than to uncertain institutions.

Citation

Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Chowdhury, F., & Desai, S. (2022). CEO gender, institutional context and firm exports. International Business Review, 31(5), Article 102008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102008

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 26, 2022
Online Publication Date Mar 31, 2022
Publication Date 2022-10
Deposit Date Apr 4, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jan 31, 2023
Journal International Business Review
Print ISSN 0969-5931
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 31
Issue 5
Article Number 102008
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102008
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1210666

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