Month: March 2023

Board gender diversity and firm solvency: Evidence from Scandinavia

The implementation of a board gender quota in Norway in 2006 resulted in an extraordinary increase in the number of female directors over a short period of time. As a result, previous studies have used this unique scenario to examine the effects of appointing female directors on various corporate outcomes, such as the cost of […]

Extractive sector governance: Does a nexus of accountability render local Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives ineffective?

This study examines the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative’s (NEITI) ineffectiveness in delivering public accountability to Nigerian citizens. Although this failure is recognized in prior literature, the paper contends that NEITI’s role is obscured by one-sided links to external factors.  The study’s conceptual framework is built around Dillard and Vinnari’s (2019) distinction between different accountability […]