Risk Appetites and Gender Representation in Economic Governance

• In Event: Women in Policy

Brief Overview

We explain the appointment of women to positions in economic governance as a response to observed levels of risk taking in the private economy. We test our hypotheses using appointments to heads of the national central bank or ministries of finance.

Authors

• Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University

• Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University

• Ha-Eun Choi, Michigan State University