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Board Diversity: Business Case or Public Policy?

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Bettina Rentsch

Stefan Trautmann

Gender Gap at the Top: New Evidence on Policy Effectiveness

The persistent gender gap in corporate leadership has led several European countries to institute board-related policies such as gender quotas, starting with Norway in 2003. Recently, California became the first US...

28 October 2020

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Swarnodeep Homroy

Shibashish Mukherjee

Boardroom Gender Diversity and Performance of Listed Companies in Italy: A Natural Experiment

The proportion of women in boardroom has traditionally been low around the world. Over the last decades, several jurisdictions have adopted legislative actions in order to trigger a tangible progress...

8 November 2018

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Angela Ciavarella

Gender Quotas: Challenging the Boards, Performance and the Stock Market

The glass ceiling - the invisible barrier which prevents women reaching top positions in their professional careers - is still a dominant phenomenon everywhere. Even in countries in which women...

8 December 2016

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Valeria Ferraro

Chiara Pronzato

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