• openAccess   What have we learnt about board gender diversity as a business strategy? The appointment of board subcommittees 

      Pucheta-Martínez, María Consuelo; Bel-Oms, Inmaculada Wiley (2018)
      This paper explores whether a board's gender diversity influences the voluntary formation of its board subcommittees. Female board directorship may become a business strategy for firms if it affects the appointment of board ...
    • openAccess   Which estimator to measure local governments’ costefficiency? The case of Spanish municipalities 

      Narbón-Perpiñá, Isabel; Balaguer-Coll, Maria Teresa; Petrovic, Marko; Tortosa-Ausina, Emili Springer Verlag (2019)
      WeanalyseoverallcostefficiencyinSpanishlocalgovernmentsduringthecrisisperiod(2008–2015). To this end, we first consider some of the most popular nonparametricmethods to evaluate local government efficiency, data envelopment ...
    • closedAccess   Why is timing perverse? 

      Matallín Sáez, Juan Carlos; Moreno, David; Rodríguez, Rosa Taylor & Francis (2015)
      The existence of negative market timing, even for passive portfolios, poses a relevant puzzle when assessing portfolio management. In this paper, we develop a simple theoretical model so as to explain why such perverse ...