Grounded in the upper echelons perspective and stakeholder theory, this study establishes a link between CEO hubris and corporate social responsibility (CSR). We first develop the theoretical argument that CEO hubris is negatively related to a firm's socially responsible activities but...

Using a sample of completed U.S. merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions over the period 1984-2014, we find that acquirer organization capital as measured by capitalized selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses is associated with superior deal performance. We show that high...

This paper finds that CEO incentive horizons, proxied by their executives’ pay duration, are positively associated with their firms’ engagement in corporate social responsibility (CSR), especially when those firms face high risk of reputation loss, need stakeholder support, or maintain...