Political Connections and Banking Performance: The Moderating Efect of Gender Diversity Catarina Alexandra Neves Proença Ph.D. Student at Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra Mário António Gomes Augusto Centre for Business and Economics CeBER and Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra José Maria Ruas Murteira Centre for Business and Economics CeBER and Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra CeBER Working Papers No. 3 / 2020