We examine the implication of executive gender on asset prices. Using a large sample of US public firms during 2006--2015, we find a negative association between female CFOs and future stock price crash risk. However, the impact of female CEOs on crash risk is not statistically significant. The...

This study investigates the mediation effects of online public attention on the relationship between air pollution and precautionary behavior based on a merged real-world data set that includes daily air quality, Internet search and media indices, social media discussions, and product purchases....

We investigate whether generalist chief executive officers (CEOs) who gain transferable skills across firms and industries have less incentive to hoard bad news. To address endogeneity concerns stemming from firm-CEO matching, we deploy a difference-in-differences method utilizing exogenous CEO...