The Impact of the Norwegian Gender Quota on Firm Risk

dc.contributor.author	Engström, Linnea
dc.contributor.author	Finberg, Maud
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-25T11:22:29Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-25T11:22:29Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/53113
dc.description	MSc in Finance	sv
dc.description.abstract	We investigate the Norwegian gender quota, implemented for Norwegian listed firms’ boards in 2006, and its impact on firm risk. Using a difference-in-difference model, we find that the increase in female board representation has little impact on firm risk-taking; if anything, it increases firm risk in the long-run. Our finding supports the view that, although women are more risk averse than men in general, female board members are a group of women with a lower degree of risk aversion compared to the common female population.	sv
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Master Degree Project	sv
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2017:147	sv
dc.subject	Norwegian Gender Quota	sv
dc.subject	Gender Effect	sv
dc.subject	Firm Risk-Taking	sv
dc.subject	Difference-in-Difference Model	sv
dc.title	The Impact of the Norwegian Gender Quota on Firm Risk	sv
dc.type	Text
dc.setspec.uppsok	SocialBehaviourLaw
dc.type.uppsok	H2
dc.contributor.department	University of Gothenburg/Graduate School	eng
dc.contributor.department	Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School	swe
dc.type.degree	Master 2-years