Add to ORKGThe recently introduced gender quota on Norwegian corporate boards dramatically increased the share of female directors. This reform offers a natural experiment to investigate changes in corporate governance from forced increases in gender diver- sity, and whether these changes in turn impact firm performance. I find that investors anticipate the new directors to be more effective in firms with less information asymmetry between insiders of the firm and outsiders. Firms with low information asymmetry experience positive and significant cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) at the introduction of the quota, whereas firms with high information asymmetry show negative but insignificant CAR.Natural experiment; Regulation; Corporate governance; Gend...
Norway is one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, with a high level of gender equality a...
Siri Terjesen takes stock of increasingly researched international initiatives to bring gender equal...
California enacted the law of SB826 in 2018, which mandates corporate boards to include a minimum n...
The opponents to board gender quotas point out the utility argument, according to which, the impossi...
We show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes. In a samp...
This study evaluates the changes in the governance of Norwegian private limited firms as a result of...
This study investigates boards of (non-executive) directors and whether employee representation has ...
This is the accepted and refereed manuscript of the articleWe find that forcing radical gender balan...
This paper has examined which medium-term effects the Norwegian gender quota law has had on corporat...
Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded firms...
After a 20-year period of frequent introductions of board gender diversity quotas in European count...
Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded firms...
In this article, we use a sample of Norwegian quoted companies in the period of 2001–2010 to explore...
In 2003 Norway introduced a new regulation that required at least 40 percent of each gender on compa...
Using data across European corporate boards, we investigate the effects of quota-induced female repr...
Norway is one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, with a high level of gender equality a...
Siri Terjesen takes stock of increasingly researched international initiatives to bring gender equal...
California enacted the law of SB826 in 2018, which mandates corporate boards to include a minimum n...
The opponents to board gender quotas point out the utility argument, according to which, the impossi...
We show that female directors have a significant impact on board inputs and firm outcomes. In a samp...
This study evaluates the changes in the governance of Norwegian private limited firms as a result of...
This study investigates boards of (non-executive) directors and whether employee representation has ...
This is the accepted and refereed manuscript of the articleWe find that forcing radical gender balan...
This paper has examined which medium-term effects the Norwegian gender quota law has had on corporat...
Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded firms...
After a 20-year period of frequent introductions of board gender diversity quotas in European count...
Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded firms...
In this article, we use a sample of Norwegian quoted companies in the period of 2001–2010 to explore...
In 2003 Norway introduced a new regulation that required at least 40 percent of each gender on compa...
Using data across European corporate boards, we investigate the effects of quota-induced female repr...
Norway is one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, with a high level of gender equality a...
Siri Terjesen takes stock of increasingly researched international initiatives to bring gender equal...
California enacted the law of SB826 in 2018, which mandates corporate boards to include a minimum n...