Do ‘soft law’ board gender quotas work? Evidence from a natural experiment
In a new era of “open governance”, in which societal and corporate change is taking place, 15 predominantly European countries, including Spain, enacted board gender quotas to increase the share of women on boards. In this paper, we explore the effectiveness of the European Union's first “soft”...
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Elsevier Ltd
2019
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