Can the Conservative Central Banker Be a Woman? Female Leaders and Public Opinion in Global Central Banks

• In Event: The Politics of Central Banks

Brief Overview

More women are appointed to -traditionally male- central banks leadership. Is the gender-based role incongruence in central banking mitigated by the presence of role models? We use experiments in the U.S., the eurozone and Japan to investigate.

Authors

• Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University

• Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University