The post-Enron era is marked with growing discourse of stakeholders, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Commentators debate whether U.S. corporations have indeed moved towards a stakeholder orientation, given the difficulties in measuring such a shift. We assess this...

This paper aims to discover evidence on the possible impact of CEO overconfidence on payout policy, and the role of corporate boards in offsetting the possible negative effects of this overconfidence. Our investigation demonstrates the effect of overconfidence on the choice of payout method,...