This article analyses the effectiveness of the different regulations promoting gender diversity on boards of directors … female directors on boards. It describes the gender diversity regulations implemented in Europe, and goes on to analyse, for … Governance Codes with recommendations on gender diversity and gender quotas, with and without sanctions, on the presence of women …

In 2018, California became the first U.S. state to introduce a mandatory board gender quota for all firms headquartered … returns of -2.6% to the adoption of the gender quota for California firms and large spillover effects of -1.9% for non … non-California firms in states that followed California's legislative lead in the past by, e.g., introducing gender quota …