1.
Managerial Miscalibration
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2019
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: 30 Oct 2019
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4,314
Managerial Miscalibration
NBER Working Paper No. w16215
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Last Revised: 03 Aug 2010
Downloads
60
Downloads
4,314
2.
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
3,661
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
532
Downloads
3,661
3.
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
3,541
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
3,427
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
3,197
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
2,904
A Corporate Beauty Contest
NBER Working Paper No. w15906
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 19 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 10 Oct 2010
Downloads
67
Downloads
2,904
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
2,819
8.
The Global Financial Crisis – A Behavioral View
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Working Paper Series
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Downloads
2,690
9.
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
2,570
A Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/28342
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 08 Dec 2009
Downloads
455
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
54
Downloads
2,570
10.
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
2,526
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
2,371
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
2,280
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
NBER Working Paper No. w22435
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 25 Jul 2016
Downloads
66
Downloads
2,280
13.
Blinded by the Light: Information Overload and its Consequences for Securities Regulation
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 07 Feb 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law
Downloads
2,110
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
2,073
15.
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
1,960
16.
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
1,873
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
1,839
Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4570
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 01 Dec 2009
Downloads
608
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
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1,839
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
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1,575
CFO Narcissism and Financial Reporting Quality
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2017
Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Downloads
1,575
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
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1,519
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
53
Downloads
1,519
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
1,437
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
1,419
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
1,417
23.
CEO Overconfidence and Stock Price Crash Risk
Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 27 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 05 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
City University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong and Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy
Downloads
1,393
24.
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
1,292
25.
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
1,278
26.
'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
1,275
27.
CEO Emotions and Firm Valuation in Initial Coin Offerings: An Artificial Emotional Intelligence Approach
Strategic Management Journal
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 07 Jan 2019
Last Revised: 24 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
CEO Emotions and Firm Valuation in Initial Coin Offerings: An Artificial Emotional Intelligence Approach
Strategic Management Journal
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 07 Jan 2019
Last Revised: 24 Aug 2020
Downloads
1,270
CEO Emotions and Underpricing in Initial Coin Offerings
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 21 Apr 2020
Downloads
83
Downloads
1,270
28.
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
There are 2 versions of this paper
Psychopathic Traits of Corporate Leadership as Predictors of Future Stock Returns
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 13 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 01 Jul 2018
Downloads
1,255
Psychopathic Traits of Corporate Leadership as Predictors of Future Stock Returns
European Financial Management, Vol. 25, Issue 5, pp. 1196-1228, 2019
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 19 May 2020
Downloads
1,255
29.
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
1,211
30.
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
HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong, Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Florida State University
Downloads
1,107
31.
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
1,105
32.
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
1,074
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
184
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
63
Downloads
1,074
33.
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
1,072
34.
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
1,037
35.
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
959
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
567
Downloads
959
36.
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
952
37.
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
938
38.
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
917
39.
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
902
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
900
41.
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
875
42.
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
835
43.
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 Boston College - Carroll School of Management
Downloads
817
44.
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
813
45.
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 Durham University Business School
Downloads
810
46.
CEO Overconfidence and Cost Stickiness
Management Control & Accounting (2): 26-32, 2015
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 08 May 2015
Last Revised: 04 Mar 2017
Accepted Paper Series
The University of Melbourne, University of Amsterdam and The University of Melbourne
Downloads
797
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
793
48.
The Bond Market Benefits of Corporate Social Capital
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 535/2017
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2019
Working Paper Series
INSEAD, University of Utah - Department of Finance, London Business School and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Bond Market Benefits of Corporate Social Capital
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 535/2017
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2019
Downloads
786
A Matter of Trust? The Bond Market Benefits of Corporate Social Capital During the Financial Crisis
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12321
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 26 Sep 2017
Downloads
1
Downloads
786
49.
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
765
50.
Overconfident Managers and Internal Controls
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 16 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
National Taiwan University - Department of Finance, Kainan University - Department of Accounting, National Chiao Tung University and University of Washington
Downloads
762
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