Diversity among Norwegian Boards of Directors: Does a Quota for Women Improve Firm Performance?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 110-135

  Dale Olsen, Harald ^a   Schøne, Pål ^a   Verner, Mette ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Department of Media Production and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

boards of directors; Corporate governance; diversity; firm performance; panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887091848     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.830188     Document Type: Article

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