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Research study links the presence of women on directive boards to competition policies
08/03/2021 A greater presence of women in directive boards in companies is related to a lower participation in cartels, agreements between companies to reduce competition and harm consumers. This is the main conclusion of an interuniversity research study funded by OCDE, which counts on the participation of Joan-Ramon Borrell, lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the UB. Joan-Ramon Borrell and funded by the OECD. Researchers have analyzed more than a hundred companies. They have estimated that when a company ends up in a cartel situation, there is also an increase in the presence of women on the board of directors. Specifically, women go from representing 11% to 20%. “Our study has not yet been able to identify whether the cartel breaking occurs due to the incorporation of women on directive boards, or whether sanctioned companies for participating ....