
Are diversity issues and, more specifically, the lack of non-white and female lead characters in Hollywood films driven, in part, by economic concerns from movie studios?Ìý An analysis by 91¶¶ÒõÌýProfessor of EconomicsÌýRoberto Pedace ofÌýmore thanÌý800 films sampled between 2005 and 2012 suggests the answer is “yes.” Pedace, who was assisted in his research over multiple years byÌýScripps alumnaÌýGuadalupe De La CruzÌýÌý’11 and Zoe Pinczower (CMC ’17), writes about his researchÌýinÌý. The article also ran inÌýtheÌý,Ìýthe, and.