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Calder-Wang, Sophie; Gompers, Paul A.; Sweeney, Patrick - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

In this paper, we document the historically low rate of hiring of women in the venture capital sector. We find that the high-profile Ellen Pao v. Kleiner Perkins gender discrimination trial had dramatic treatment effects. In difference-in-differences regressions, we find that the rate of hiring...

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Politics and Gender in the Executive Suite

Cohen, Alma; Hazan, Moshe; Weiss, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Are the political preferences of CEOs associated with the representation and compensation of women in the executive suite? We find that Democratic CEOs (those who contribute more to Democratic candidates) are associated with higher representation of women in the executive suite. To explore...

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Leadership and Organizations

Alston, Eric C.; Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

with leaders at the top. Why do we have leaders instead of an algorithm making decisions? The theory of the firm recognizes …

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The Demand for Executive Skills

Hansen, Stephen; Ramdas, Tejas; Sadun, Raffaella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We use a unique corpus of job descriptions for C-suite positions to document skills requirements in top managerial occupations across a large sample of firms. A novel algorithm maps the text of each executive search into six separate skill clusters reflecting cognitive, interpersonal, and...

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Risk Perceptions, Board Networks, and Directors' Monitoring

Ding, Wenzhi; Chen, Lin; Schmid, Thomas; Weisbach, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

What makes independent directors perform their monitoring duty? One possible reason is that they are worried about being sanctioned by regulators if they do not monitor sufficiently well. Using unique features of the Chinese financial market, we estimate the extent to which independent...

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Communication within Firms : Evidence from CEO Turnovers

Impink, Stephen Michael; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, Raffaella - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper uses novel, firm-level measures derived from communications metadata before and after a CEO transition in 102 firms to study if CEO turnover impacts employees' communication flows. We find that CEO turnover leads to an initial decrease in intra-firm communication, followed by a...

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The Macroeconomic Expectations of U.S. Managers

McClure, Ethan M. L.; Coibion, Olivier; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Using responses obtained through the Nielsen Homescan panel survey, we explore the differences between managers' and … non-managers' expectations and perceptions of inflation and unemployment. By and large, managers and non-managers exhibit … information provided in a randomized control trial. Finally, the inflation expectations of managers deviate systematically from …

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Absenteeism, Productivity, and Relational Contracts Inside the Firm

Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Gauthier, Jean-Francois; Nyshadham, Anant - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We study relational contracts among managers using unique data that tracks transfers of workers across teams in Indian … ready-made garment factories. We focus on how relational contracts help managers cope with worker absenteeism shocks, which … these facts imply gains from sharing workers. We show that managers respond to shocks by lending and borrowing workers in a …

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Uncovering the Hidden Effort Problem

Ben-Rephael, Azi; Carlin, Bruce Ian; Da, Zhi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We use machine learning to analyze minute-by-minute Bloomberg online status data and study how the effort provision of top executives in public corporations affects firm value. While executives likely spend most of their time doing other activities, Bloomberg usage data allows us to characterize...

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CEO Stress, Aging, and Death

Borgschulte, Mark; Guenzel, Marius; Liu, Canyao; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We estimate the long-term effects of experiencing high levels of job demands on the mortality and aging of CEOs. The estimation exploits variation in takeover protection and industry crises. First, using hand-collected data on the dates of birth and death for 1,605 CEOs of large, publicly-listed...

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