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Valuation Effects of Norway’s Board Gender-Quota Law Revisited

B. Espen Eckbo
B. Espen Eckbo
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755;Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway;ECGI, Brussels 1000, Belgium;
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Knut Nygaard
Knut Nygaard
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Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo 0130, Norway;
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Karin S. Thorburn
Karin S. Thorburn
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Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway;CEPR, London EC1V 0DX, United Kingdom
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Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755;Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway;ECGI, Brussels 1000, Belgium;

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Knut Nygaard

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Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo 0130, Norway;

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Karin S. Thorburn

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Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway;CEPR, London EC1V 0DX, United Kingdom

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Published Online:18 Aug 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4031

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Received:November 30, 2019
Accepted:December 19, 2020
Published Online:August 18, 2021

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