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Economic Change and Restructuring
Published in: Economic Change and Restructuring 4/2023

19-04-2023

Stability versus soundness: what matters for women central bank governors?

Author: Saibal Ghosh

Published in: Economic Change and Restructuring | Issue 4/2023

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Abstract

Using cross-country data, the paper examines the influence of women central bank governors (WCBGs) on bank soundness and stability. The evidence appears to suggest that WCBGs are more concerned with stability and less towards soundness. This response differs across advanced and emerging economies. We undertake a wide set of robustness checks and continue to find evidence in support of these findings.
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Footnotes
1
The classification of countries as advanced and EMDEs is based on IMF (2019).
 
2
The updated database on central bank governors obtained from the website [https://​kof.​ethz.​ch/​en/​data/​data-on-central-bank-governors.​html.
 
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Metadata
Title
Stability versus soundness: what matters for women central bank governors?
Author
Saibal Ghosh
Publication date
19-04-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Economic Change and Restructuring / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1573-9414
Electronic ISSN: 1574-0277
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-023-09514-8

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