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title: Gender Diversity's Effect on Firm Risk
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4956112/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4956112
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4956112
featured: 2025-12-01
citations: unknown
topic: Corporate Finance
---


# Gender Diversity's Effect on Firm Risk

This research indicates that having more women in a company's leadership improves risk management, especially in uncertain times.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4956112
- Identifier: SSRN 4956112
- Released: 2024-09-14
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 121 (2025-12-01): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-12-01/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Corporate Finance

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