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Managing with Style : The Effect of Managers on Firm Policies

Bertrand, Marianne; Schoar, Antoinette - 2009

show that management style is significantly related to manager fixed effects in performance and that managers with higher …This paper investigates whether and how individual managers affect corporate behavior and performance. We construct a … manager-firm matched panel data set which enables us to track the top managers across different firms over time. We find that …

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The role of governance and bank funding in the determination of cornerstone allocations in Chinese equity offers

McGuinness, Paul B. - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 12 (2019) 3/114, pp. 1-20

offerings in China's offshore Hong Kong market. Prospectus-based declarations on such allocations suggest that CI undertakings …

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Managerial power, compensation gap and firm performance : evidence from Chinese public listed companies

Lin, Bingxuan; Lu, Rui - In: Global finance journal 20 (2009) 2, pp. 153-164

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Narcissism Is a Bad Sign : CEO Signature Size, Investment, and Performance

Ham, Charles (Chad) - 2017

Using the size of CEO signatures in SEC filings to measure individual narcissism, we find that CEO narcissism is associated with several negative firm outcomes. We first validate signature size as a measure of narcissism but not overconfidence using two laboratory studies, and also find that our...

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CEO Turnover & Earnings Management : Do Family Ties Matter?

Barrios, John Manuel - 2015

of family ownership on the relation between earnings management and CEO turnover. Consistent with agency theory, we find … a positive and significant relation between earnings management and CEO turnover in the overall sample, the association …

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Directors' Remuneration : A Comparison of Italian and Uk Non-Financial Listed Firms' Disclosure

Melis, Andrea - 2018

Directors' remuneration is a key issue for both academics and policymakers. It has caused enormous controversy in recent years. This study uses a comprehensive index to analyse the disclosure of directors' remuneration in Italian and UK listed firms. It finds that the level of voluntary...

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Estimating the sensitivity of CEO pay to accounting-based performance : gross versus net measures

Black, Dirk E.; Dikolli, Shane S.; Hofmann, Christian; … - 2021

In the empirical estimation of the relation between CEO pay and both firm and peer performance, researchers typically include conventional accounting-based measures that reflect firm performance net of executive pay expense. We analytically show that when firms evaluate CEO performance relative...

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Trends in CEO Compensation and Equity Holdings for S&P 1,500 Firms : 1994-2007

Lord, Richard A. - 2009

and the price-performance-sensitivity of their portfolios also increased, but, managers held less shares and more options …

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Nonprofit Boards : Size, Performance, and Managerial Incentives

Aggarwal, Rajesh K. - 2014

We examine relations between board size, managerial incentives and enterprise performance in nonprofit organizations. We posit that a nonprofit's demand for directors increases in the number of programs it pursues, resulting in a positive association between program diversity and board size....

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Corporate Social Performance and the Managerial Labor Market

Dai, Xin; Gao, Feng; Lisic, Ling Lei; Zhang, Ivy Xiying - 2021

This paper examines the impact of a firm’s social performance on the CEO’s employment prospects. We find that CEOs are more (less) likely to leave office when there is a significant recent decline (improvement) in social performance. We then track departing CEOs’ subsequent employment...

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