1.
Managerial Miscalibration
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 18 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, Duke University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Managerial Miscalibration
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 18 Sep 2013
Downloads
4,209
Managerial Miscalibration
NBER Working Paper No. w16215
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 03 Aug 2010
Downloads
54
Downloads
4,209
2.
Corporate Fraud and Managers' Behavior: Evidence from the Press
Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 24 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 13 Mar 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Boston College - Department of Accounting, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), JMSB and HEC Paris - Accounting and Management Control Department
Downloads
3,478
3.
What Doesn't Kill You Will Only Make You More Risk-Loving: Early-Life Disasters and CEO Behavior
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 11 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Miami - Department of Finance, George Washington University - Department of Finance and University of Cambridge
There are 2 versions of this paper
What Doesn't Kill You Will Only Make You More Risk-Loving: Early-Life Disasters and CEO Behavior
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 11 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Downloads
3,423
What Doesn't Kill You Will Only Make You More Risk-Loving: Early-Life Disasters and CEO Behavior
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 14 Sep 2015
Last Revised: 01 Oct 2015
Downloads
491
Downloads
3,423
4.
How Psychological Pitfalls Generated the Global Financial Crisis
VOICES OF WISDOM: UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, Laurence B. Siegel, ed., Research Foundation of CFA Institute, 2010, SCU Leavey School of Business Research Paper No. 10-04
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 18 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business
Downloads
2,957
5.
Beauty is Wealth: CEO Appearance and Shareholder Value
Number of pages: 79
Posted: 21 Nov 2013
Last Revised: 20 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Nevada, Reno and University of Arkansas - Department of Finance
Downloads
2,949
6.
A Corporate Beauty Contest
Duke I&E Research Paper No. 16-10
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 15 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 29 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
A Corporate Beauty Contest
Duke I&E Research Paper No. 16-10
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 15 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 29 Mar 2016
Downloads
2,840
A Corporate Beauty Contest
NBER Working Paper No. w15906
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 19 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 10 Oct 2010
Downloads
61
Downloads
2,840
7.
CEO Gender, Corporate Risk-Taking, and the Efficiency of Capital Allocation
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 16 Feb 2016
Working Paper Series
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
Downloads
2,697
8.
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2009
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School, Harvard University and NYU Stern School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 23 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 23 Nov 2009
Downloads
2,530
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/28342
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Downloads
448
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
NBER Working Paper No. w15551
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 30 Jun 2010
Downloads
46
Downloads
2,530
9.
CEO Personal Risk-Taking and Corporate Policies
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 15 Mar 2011
Last Revised: 15 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Berkeley Center for Law and Business and University of Oregon - Department of Finance
Downloads
2,434
10.
The Global Financial Crisis – A Behavioral View
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Downloads
2,309
11.
Lost in Translation? The Effect of Cultural Values on Mergers Around the World
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 117, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, Politecnico di Milano - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering and University of Texas at Austin
Downloads
2,223
12.
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
6th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-34, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 16-13, Fama-Miller Working Paper, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 220
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 08 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Melbourne, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
6th Miami Behavioral Finance Conference, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-34, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 16-13, Fama-Miller Working Paper, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 220
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 08 Jul 2016
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2016
Downloads
2,096
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
NBER Working Paper No. w22435
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Downloads
53
Downloads
2,096
13.
Blinded by the Light: Information Overload and its Consequences for Securities Regulation
Washington University Law Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 09 Jun 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads
1,956
14.
Managerial Overconfidence and Accounting Conservatism
Journal of Accounting Research 51 (1): 1-30, Mays Business School Research Paper No. 2012-77
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 02 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 17 Jan 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School and Saint Louis University - Department of Accounting
Downloads
1,945
15.
Distracted Shareholders and Corporate Actions
Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 19 Nov 2013
Last Revised: 15 Jul 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Bocconi University - Department of Finance and University of Mannheim - Business School
Downloads
1,753
16.
Managerial Overconfidence and Cost Stickiness
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 31 Jan 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy, University of Cologne and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Downloads
1,691
17.
Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
FEEM Working Paper No. 23.2010
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 26 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI) and Princeton University - Department of Economics
There are 3 versions of this paper
Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
FEEM Working Paper No. 23.2010
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 26 Mar 2010
Downloads
1,655
Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4570
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Downloads
601
Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
Economica, Vol. 77, No. 305, pp. 1-19, January 2010
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 28 Dec 2009
Downloads
2
Downloads
1,655
18.
CFO Narcissism and Financial Reporting Quality
Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2581157
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 21 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 21 Apr 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Maryland - Department of Accounting & Information Assurance and Southern Methodist University
There are 2 versions of this paper
CFO Narcissism and Financial Reporting Quality
Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS 2581157
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 21 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 21 Apr 2017
Downloads
1,480
CFO Narcissism and Financial Reporting Quality
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2017
Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Downloads
1,480
19.
Capital Allocation and Delegation of Decision-Making Authority within Firms
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 03 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Capital Allocation and Delegation of Decision-Making Authority within Firms
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 03 Oct 2014
Downloads
1,471
Capital Allocation and Delegation of Decision-Making Authority within Firms
NBER Working Paper No. w17370
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 30 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 20 Sep 2011
Downloads
47
Downloads
1,471
20.
Corporate Policies of Republican Managers
AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), 2014, 49(5/6), 1279-1310
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 14 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Florida State University - College of Business, College of Business, Stony Brook University and University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School
Downloads
1,397
21.
Sovereignty in the Era of Global Capitalism: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Power of Finance
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 10 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 21 Sep 2010
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Global Projects Center
Downloads
1,367
22.
Mental Accounting in Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 30 Nov 2010
Working Paper Series
Florida State University - Department of Accounting and University of Texas
Downloads
1,354
23.
CEO Overconfidence and Stock Price Crash Risk
Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 27 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 11 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
City University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy
Downloads
1,296
24.
'C' is for Crucible: Behavioral Ethics, Culture, and the Board's Role in C-Suite Compliance
RAND Center for Corporate Ethics and Governance Symposium White Paper Series, Symposium on "Culture, Compliance & the C-Suite: How Executives and Policymakers Can Better Safeguard Against Misconduct at the Top" (2013)
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 30 May 2013
Last Revised: 19 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Bryan Cave LLP
Downloads
1,189
25.
BP's Failure to Debias: Underscoring the Importance of Behavioral Corporate Finance
SCU Leavey School of Business Research Paper No. 11-05
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 27 Feb 2011
Last Revised: 26 Aug 2011
Working Paper Series
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business and Department of Management - Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Downloads
1,178
26.
Religion and Corporate (Mis)Behavior
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 12 Sep 2009
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,167
27.
CEO Emotions and Underpricing in Initial Coin Offerings
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 07 Jan 2019
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2019
Working Paper Series
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
Downloads
1,058
28.
The Gordon Gekko Effect: The Role of Culture in the Financial Industry
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 08 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
There are 3 versions of this paper
The Gordon Gekko Effect: The Role of Culture in the Financial Industry
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 08 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Downloads
1,032
The Gordon Gekko Effect: The Role of Culture in the Financial Industry
Economic Policy Review, Issue Aug, pp. 17-42, 2016
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 23 Aug 2016
Last Revised: 16 Dec 2017
Downloads
162
The Gordon Gekko Effect: The Role of Culture in the Financial Industry
NBER Working Paper No. w21267
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 15 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Downloads
58
Downloads
1,032
29.
The Psychopath in the C Suite: Redifining the SOB
INSEAD Working Paper No. 2012/119/EFE
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 24 Nov 2012
Working Paper Series
INSEAD - Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Downloads
1,004
30.
Psychopathic Traits of Corporate Leadership as Predictors of Future Stock Returns
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 13 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 01 Jul 2018
Working Paper Series
Open University, UK, Coventry University and University of Leicester
Downloads
991
31.
The Behavioral Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions
Transactions, Forthcoming, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-17
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 16 Oct 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
985
32.
The Emergence of 'Social Executives' and Its Consequences for Financial Markets
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 31 Aug 2013
Last Revised: 15 May 2019
Working Paper Series
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics, Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Florida State University
Downloads
952
33.
Psychological Bias as a Driver of Financial Regulation
European Financial Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 03 Oct 2007
Last Revised: 13 Dec 2008
Working Paper Series
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business
Downloads
919
34.
Jérôme Kerviel the 'Rogue Trader' of Société Générale: Bad Luck, Bad Apple, Bad Tree or Bad Orchard?
The Company Lawyer, Vol. 32, No. 12, pp. 355-362, 2011
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 02 Mar 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Melbourne - Centre for Corporate Law
Downloads
905
35.
The Causes and Cures of Unethical Business Practices – A Jewish Perspective
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 30 Jan 2013
Last Revised: 16 Jun 2014
Working Paper Series
DePaul University College of Law
Downloads
905
36.
Corporations are People Too: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to the Corporate Personhood Puzzle
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, Vol. 15, p. 97, 2009, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 10-02
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 05 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
Downloads
884
37.
Corporate Entities: Their Ownership, Control, and Purpose
Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-38
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 22 Sep 2016
Working Paper Series
Cornell Law School - Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute (deceased)
Downloads
871
38.
Big Bath Accounting and CEO Overconfidence
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 05 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 15 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
Humboldt University, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and Humboldt University
Downloads
829
39.
Pilot CEOs and Corporate Innovation
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 02 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Arizona - Eller College of Management, University of Arizona - Department of Accounting and McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Downloads
826
40.
Corporate Scandals of the 21st Century: Limitations of Mainstream Corporate Governance Literature and the Need for a New Behavioral Approach
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 28 Nov 2012
Last Revised: 16 Nov 2015
Working Paper Series
Alvares Penteado School of Business (Fecap)
Downloads
825
41.
Chasing the Greased Pig Down Wall Street: A Gatekeeper’s Guide to the Psychology, Culture and Ethics of Financial Risk-Taking
Cornell Law Review, Vol. 96, pp. 1209-1246, 2011, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 10-40, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-11
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 12 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 12 Jan 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
816
42.
Separation Anxiety: The Impact of CEO Divorce on Shareholders
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership No. CGRP-36
Number of pages: 6
Posted: 28 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
809
43.
Radical Repertoires: The Incidence and Impact of Corporate-Sponsored Social Activism
Organization Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 29 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2016
Accepted Paper Series
The Wharton School - The University of Pennsylvania
Downloads
781
44.
Looking in the Rear View Mirror: The Effect of Managers’ Professional Experience on Corporate Financial Policy
Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 27 May 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - The Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
Downloads
779
45.
Corporate Governance Going Astray: Executive Remuneration Built to Fail
Festschrift Professor Klaus Hopt, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 1521-1535, 2010, Duisenberg School of Finance Policy Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 02 Aug 2010
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Governance Going Astray: Executive Remuneration Built to Fail
Festschrift Professor Klaus Hopt, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 1521-1535, 2010, Duisenberg School of Finance Policy Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 02 Aug 2010
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2011
Downloads
773
Corporate Governance Going Astray: Executive Remuneration Built to Fail
FESTSCHRIFT FOR PROFESSOR KLAUS HOPT, pp. 1521-1535, Walter de Gruyter, 2010, Duisenberg School of Finance Policy Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 07 Jun 2011
Downloads
497
Downloads
773
46.
Behavioral Approaches to Corporate Law
RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE ECONOMICS OF CORPORATE LAW, Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell eds., Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar 2012, Georgetown Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-015, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-055
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 19 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
750
47.
Restraining Overconfident CEOs through Improved Governance: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Review of Financial Studies, 2015, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 2812-2858, UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2013 BFIN 05, Stevens Institute of Technology School of Business Research Paper
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 01 Apr 2013
Last Revised: 18 Jan 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Stevens Institute of Technology, UNSW Business School and University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics
Downloads
750
48.
CEO Overconfidence and the Value of Corporate Cash Holdings
Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 19 Nov 2015
Last Revised: 13 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Cyprus University of Technology and University of Surrey - Surrey Business School
Downloads
724
49.
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 105, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 08 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 25 Jun 2014
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
There are 5 versions of this paper
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 105, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 08 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 25 Jun 2014
Downloads
718
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 08 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 06 Jun 2014
Downloads
102
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
Stanford Graduate School of Business Working Paper No. 2089, Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2012-105
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 07 Jan 2012
Downloads
93
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3681
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 22 Dec 2011
Downloads
46
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
NBER Working Paper No. w17663
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 17 Dec 2011
Downloads
22
Downloads
718
50.
CEO Overconfidence and Dividend Policy
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 29 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
DePaul University - Department of Finance, Stevens Institute of Technology and DePaul University - Department of Finance
Downloads
717
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