The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few
decades in almost every country in the world. Does this matter for policy outcomes? This is …

In recent years, the composition of boards and, particularly, the inclusion of women on
boards has attracted significant scholarly interest and public debate. In this article, I …

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented disruptions to the global economies
and has led to income loss and high unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists …

Understanding and remedying women's underrepresentation in majority-male fields and
occupations require the recognition of a lesser-known form of cultural bias called masculine …

The composition of the board of directors is highly relevant to a firm's capital structure and
likelihood of financial distress. This study builds on the complementary proposals of agency …

The initial public health response to the breakout of COVID-19 required fundamental
changes in individual behavior, such as isolation at home or wearing masks. The …

Boards of directors affect corporate strategy and decision-making through monitoring of
management and resource provision. Recently, an increasing number of studies have …

This paper provides an overview of the academic literature on the market for corporate
control, and focuses specifically on firms' performance around and after a takeover. Despite …

Women are less financially literate than men. It is unclear whether this gap reflects a lack of
knowledge or, rather, a lack of confidence. Our survey experiment shows that women tend to …

Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1
million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk …