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Hot-Stove Effects: The Impact of CEO Past Corporate Experiences on Dividend Policy
- Source :
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 57:1695-1726
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021.
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Abstract
- The personal traits of chief executive officers (CEOs) have been found to influence corporate policy decisions. We examine the impact of CEO past corporate distress experiences on payout policy. CEOs who have experienced a distress event in their career, while working in a non-CEO position at a different firm, subsequently alter corporate payout policy once in the CEO position. They are less likely to pay dividends and repurchase shares, pay out lower levels of dividends, and are less likely to increase dividends. They further exhibit preference toward repurchases. Overall, we report that experience-driven conservatism affects payout policy, a novel finding in the literature.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17566916 and 00221090
- Volume :
- 57
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4bb62b904aac8161f1ee8a863563b4f9