"Would the world be in this financial mess if it had been Lehman Sisters?"In February 2009, this question was asked at The World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos during one of the panels. In a New York Times article, journalist Katrin Bennhold describes this incident and adds that it "certainly hit...

This study investigates how CEO power is associated with stock price crash risk. We further examine the moderating roles of female directors’ critical mass and ownership structure on the relationship between CEO power and stock price crash risk. Employing one of the largest datasets to-date of...

Would having more women in leadership have prevented the financial crisis? This question may arise in courses on Gender and Economics, Money and Financial Institutions, Pluralist Economics, or Behavioral Economics, and offers an important teaching moment. The first part of this essay argues that...