Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/187648 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] China Journal of Accounting Research [ISSN:] 1755-3091 [Volume:] 9 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 153-173
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Based on signaling and gender discrimination theory, we examine whether chief financial officer (CFO) gender matters to bank-firm relationships and the designing of collateral clauses in bank loan contracting, and explore the potential path of influence. Data taken from Chinese listed companies between 2009 and 2012 indicate that (1) female-CFO-led firms are less likely to obtain credit loans than male-CFO-led firms; (2) female-CFO-led borrowers are more likely to be required to provide collateral for loans than male-CFO-led borrowers; and (3) banks are more inclined to claim mortgaging collateral when lending to female-CFO-led firms and prefer to guarantee collateral when lending to male-CFO-led firms. Female-CFO-led borrowers seem to be granted more unfavorable loan terms than male-CFO-led borrowers, supporting the hypothesis that female CFOs experience credit discrimination. Further analysis reveals that regional financial development helps to alleviate lending discrimination against female CFOs. Furthermore, female CFOs in SOEs are less likely than their non-SOE counterparts to experience gender discrimination in the credit market.
Subjects: 
Female CFOs
Loan contracting
Collateral clauses
Financial conservatism
Gender discrimination
JEL: 
G21
G32
J16
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Document Type: 
Article

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