Does mandatory gender balance work? Changing organizational form to avoid board upheaval
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.12.005
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Keywords
Corporate governance; Organizational form; Regulation; Boards; Gender quota;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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