We show that CEOs’ social capital has a positive impact on stock price informativeness in an international sample of 69 countries. While considering characteristics not observable within one country such as legal, cultural, and developmental differences, we uncover that for more developed...

We investigate the association between CEOs’ social capital and stock price informativeness in a sample of US firms. After accounting for the fact that larger networks attract more analysts following, we find that firms with larger CEO social capital exhibit higher private information...

Using a sample of stocks experiencing large price changes in 40 countries over 20 years, we investigate the association between investors' traits that vary by national culture – overconfidence, conservatism, and risk tolerance – and proposed theoretical explanations for short-term equity...