We examine how real investment decisions of younger and older Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) are affected by their career concerns. Relative to their older counterparts, younger CEOs are more likely to enter new lines of business and exit from existing ones. They prefer growth through...

We find that CEO turnover is significantly higher and considerably less sensitive to performance in firms with short investor horizons. Decisions to dismiss a CEO lead to worse operating performance, which is even poorer when investors have short horizons. Further, new managers respond to...