Managers conducting earnings conference calls display distinctive styles in their word choice. Some CEOs and CFOs are … find earnings news less informative when managers are vague; they respond less and more slowly as a result. Thus …

, prejudice, or systematically biased beliefs about the ability of female managers. Disentangling these theories would require … data on productivity, on the preferences of those who interact with managers, and on perceptions of productivity. Financial …

This paper examines the labor market for mutual fund managers and managers' responses to the implicit incentives … the hypothesis that fund companies are learning about managers' abilities, managerial turnover is more performance …-sensitive for younger fund managers. Interpreting the separation-performance relationship as an incentive scheme, several of our …

stage, selection does not impede the promotion of behavioral managers. Instead, competitive environments oftentimes promote …

We show that economic conditions when managers enter the labor market have long-run effects on their career paths and … managerial styles. Managers who began their careers during recessions become CEOs more quickly, but at smaller firms. They also … environment is important to the formation and selection of managers …