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Lehman Sisters: Female Bank Executives and Risk-Taking

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  • Yan Wendy Wu, Cindy Truong, Chen Liu

    (Wilfrid Laurier University)

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This paper studies the impact of female executives on risk-taking within US banks. An examination of US bank panel data from 2002 to 2010 provides evidence that female executives reduce levels of risk-taking in banks. We also find that a more balanced gender ratio has a greater impact on bank risk-taking than merely with the presence of female executive. The results are robust to alternative specifications of riskiness and instrument variable approach. However, when we only use part of the sample period surrounding the financial crises of 2007-2008, the results do not hold. We interpret the results as suggesting that having female executives and more balanced gender ratios in the executive team reduces bank risk-taking overall. But the risk-reduction becomes less effective during crisis years.

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  • Yan Wendy Wu, Cindy Truong, Chen Liu, 2017. "Lehman Sisters: Female Bank Executives and Risk-Taking," LCERPA Working Papers 0100, Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis, revised 01 Mar 2017.
    • Handle: RePEc:wlu:lcerpa:0100
    Note: LCERPA Working Paper No. 2017-1
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    Keywords

    Gender; Female; Bank Executive; Diversity; Risk-taking; Lehman sister;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J48 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Particular Labor Markets; Public Policy

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