This paper examines President Obama's rhetoric concerning financial regulation during 2009-10, during legislative action on financial reform. The study evaluates the use of basic automated textual analysis. This requires addressing a number of unresolved analytical issues. This study offers some...

Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...

The unprecedented uncertainty brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the global economic, social, and political environment. Leaders across the globe have felt the need for incorporating urgent measures to counter these challenges in a constructive way. This study sheds...

Though central banks make consequential macroeconomic decisions, little is known about diversity at the helm of these institutions. This article investigates what factors drive the gender balance in central bank boards. I document the lack diversity of central bank leadership and argue that it...

We construct a new dataset on the presence of women on central bank monetary policy committees for a set of 103 countries, over the period 2002-2016. We document an increasing share of women in monetary policy committees, which is mainly associated with a higher overall presence of women in...

Women’s financial inclusion has become increasingly important across the globe as surveys have revealed that women are disproportionately excluded from the financial system. They lack access to basic financial services more than their male counterparts. Evidence abound that promoting women’s...