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_id: '65694'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This paper empirically investigates the relationship between market power
    and female board representation in large commercial banks in the EU-27 from 2020
    to 2024. Using the Lerner Index as a proxy for market power and hand-collected
    data on female board representation, the findings suggest that increasing market
    power is detrimental to a bank’s likelihood of reaching the 33 percent gender
    diversity target for the board of directors, as proposed by the EU Directive EU2022/2381.
    The negative effect is especially pronounced for listed banks and systemically
    important banks, highlighting the importance of considering banking market structures
    (market power and competition) when enforcing regulatory diversity standards for
    those banks in particular.
author:
- first_name: Simone
  full_name: Voigt, Simone
  id: '50109'
  last_name: Voigt
citation:
  ama: Voigt S. <i>The Nexus of Market Power and Female Board Representation in European
    Banks</i>.
  apa: Voigt, S. (n.d.). <i>The nexus of market power and female board representation
    in European banks</i>.
  bibtex: '@book{Voigt, title={The nexus of market power and female board representation
    in European banks}, author={Voigt, Simone} }'
  chicago: Voigt, Simone. <i>The Nexus of Market Power and Female Board Representation
    in European Banks</i>, n.d.
  ieee: S. Voigt, <i>The nexus of market power and female board representation in
    European banks</i>. .
  mla: Voigt, Simone. <i>The Nexus of Market Power and Female Board Representation
    in European Banks</i>.
  short: S. Voigt, The Nexus of Market Power and Female Board Representation in European
    Banks, n.d.
date_created: 2026-05-27T07:03:46Z
date_updated: 2026-05-27T07:04:49Z
ddc:
- '040'
department:
- _id: '19'
file:
- access_level: closed
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: simonevo
  date_created: 2026-05-27T07:02:28Z
  date_updated: 2026-05-27T07:02:28Z
  file_id: '65695'
  file_name: The nexus of market power and female board representation in European
    banks.pdf
  file_size: 480640
  relation: main_file
  success: 1
file_date_updated: 2026-05-27T07:02:28Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
jel:
- G21
- G34
- J71
language:
- iso: eng
publication_status: draft
status: public
title: The nexus of market power and female board representation in European banks
type: working_paper
user_id: '50109'
year: '2026'
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