Faten Lakhal

@article{labelle_1037,

title = {To Regulate Or Not To Regulate? Early Evidence on the Means Used Around the World to Promote Gender Diversity in the Boardroom},

author = {R. Labelle and Claude Francoeur and Faten Lakhal},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gwao.12091},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-05-25},

journal = {Gender Work And Organization},

volume = {22},

number = {4},

pages = {339-363},

abstract = {Despite the growing public concern in recent years about the place of women in business, gender diversity in corporate governance has made little progress. As a consequence, the issue has captured the worldwide attention of policymakers. Several countries are currently adopting or considering the adoption of laws or regulations to promote gender diversity on corporate boards. The purpose of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of using legislative or regulatory means to increase female representation instead of allowing firms to voluntarily fix their own non?legally binding targets. We find that the relation between gender diversity and performance is positive in countries using the voluntary approach while it is negative in countries using the regulatory approach. We conclude that public policy aimed at increasing the number of women on corporate boards should be introduced gradually and voluntarily rather than quickly and coercively to avoid sub?optimal board composition.},

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@article{lakhal_1081,

title = {Do women on boards and in top management reduce earnings management? Evidence from France},

author = {Faten Lakhal and Amal Aguir and Nadia Lakhal and Adnane Malek},

url = {https://clutejournals.com/index.php/JABR/article/view/9236/9274},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-05-01},

journal = {Journal of Applied Business Research},

volume = {31},

number = {3},

pages = {1107-1118},

abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of gender diversity on the boardroom and in top management positions on earnings management by French-listed firms. Based on a sample of 170 firms over 4 years, we find that the proportion of women on the board standing as a director or a chair  reduces  earnings  management.  This  finding  suggests  that  women  are  effective  on  their monitoring role  and are  then considered as a crucial corporate  governance device. We  also find that  the  relationship  between  the  presence  of  at  least  three  women  on  the  board  and  earnings management  is  negative  suggesting  that  by  increasing  thenumber  of  women  on  board  through regulation  and  legislation,  French  firms  are  likely  to  enhance  the  effectiveness  of  the  board  to better detect earnings management. However, women standing in CEO and CFO positions do not affect earnings management practices. These findings suggest that efforts made by political bodies to  promote  equality  between  men  and  women  on  boards  are  beneficial  for  French-listed companies by limiting earnings management practices. However, regulating or imposing a quota of women on boards can create a temporal shortage of qualified women available to take up such positions.},

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@article{ajina_1080,

title = {Institutional investors' ownership and stock market liquidity: The case of French-listed firms},

author = {Aymen Ajina and Faten Lakhal and Danielle Sougné},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJMF-08-2013-0086/full/html?skipTracking=true},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-02-01},

journal = {International Journal of Managerial Finance},

volume = {11},

number = {1},

pages = {44-59},

abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of institutional investors' ownership and type on information asymmetry and stock market liquidity in France. },

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@article{belkhaoui_1082,

title = {Market structure, strategic choices and bank performance: a path model},

author = {Samir Belkhaoui and Faten Lakhal and Slaheddine Hellara},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/MF-07-2013-0183/full/html?skipTracking=true},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-06-03},

journal = {Managerial Finance},

volume = {40},

number = {6},

pages = {538-564},

abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to develop and test a conceptual model of bank performance},

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@article{lakhal_1525,

title = {Ownership structure and stock market liquidity in France},

author = {Faten Lakhal and Aymen Ajina},

url = {x},

year  = {2010},

date = {2010-01-01},

journal = {Bankers, Markets & Investors},

volume = {x},

number = {104},

pages = {42-52},

abstract = {his paper examines the effects of concentrated ownership structure and shareholder's type on the French stock-market liquidity. The results show that ownership concentration negatively affects market liquidity suggesting that large shareholders are likely to exacerbate information asymmetry, widen bid-ask spreads and decrease stock market liquidity. The findings also show that the proportion of institutional investors has a positive effect on market liquidity. These investors are inclined to trade more frequently on their stocks and to shrink bid-ask spreads. These findings are in line with adverse selection and trading hypotheses and shed the light on the role of corporate governance devices to consider shareholder minority interest's protection, which leads to improved stock market liquidity levels.},

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@article{lakhal_1524,

title = {Les mécanismes de gouvernement d'entreprises et les publications volontaires des résultats en France},

author = {Faten Lakhal},

url = {https://www.cairn.info/revue-comptabilite-controle-audit-2006-2-page-69.htm?contenu=resume},

year  = {2006},

date = {2006-12-01},

journal = {Comptabilite Controle Audit},

volume = {12},

number = {2},

pages = {69-92},

abstract = {Cet article étudie les relations entre les mécanismes de gouvernement d'entreprise et la communication volontaire des résultats sur un marché où l'actionnariat est concentré. Les résultats montrent que la publication volontaire est liée à la dispersion de la structure d'actionnariat marquée par la présence d'investisseurs institutionnels étrangers, à l'existence d'une structure de dualité dans le conseil et à la distribution de stocks-options aux dirigeants. Les dirigeants français peuvent occasionnellement annoncer leurs résultats afin d'informer le marché de leurs bonnes performances. Enfin, les annonces trimestrielles sont rattachées essentiellement à la cotation sur le marché américain alors que la publication prévisionnelle est liée à la rémunération des dirigeants par stock-options.},

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