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Not so Lucky Any More : CEO Compensation in Financially Distressed Firms
Kang, Qiang; Mitnik, Oscar A. - 2021
distressed firms is higher before insolvency and lower upon and after insolvency, while the proportion for similar but solvent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324758
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The Effect of Adversity on Process Innovations and Managerial Incentives
Dostie, Benoit - 2009
This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158121
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Leader Identity and Coordination
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2018
This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or religious diversity. We experimentally vary leader identity in a coordination game and implement it in the field across 44 towns in India. We find that religious minority leaders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910757
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Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
Aghion, Philippe - 2017
Headquarters to local plant managers prior to the Great Recession out-performed their centralized counterparts in sectors that were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957505
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Maintaining (Locus of) Control? Assessing the Impact of Locus of Control on Education Decisions and Wages
Piatek, Remi - 2010
This paper demonstrates that locus of control, i.e. whether individuals believe that reinforcement in life comes from their own actions instead of being determined by luck or destiny, is an important predictor of the decision to obtain higher education. Furthermore, the authors find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136485
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Household Finances and the 'Big Five' Personality Traits
Brown, Sarah - 2011
We explore the relationship between household finances and personality traits from an empirical perspective. Specifically, using individual level data drawn from the British Household Panel Survey, we analyse the influence of personality traits on financial decision-making at the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117198
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Can Money Change Who We are? Estimating the Effects of Unearned Income on Measures of Incentive-Enhancing Personality Traits
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2011
The importance of noncognitive childhood skills in predicting higher wages is well documented in economics. This paper studies the reverse. Using surveys of lottery winners, we analyze the effects of unearned income on the Big Five personality traits. After correcting for potential endogeneity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118044
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills During Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Anger, Silke - 2011
This study examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills and their transmission from parents to children as one potential candidate to explain the intergenerational link of socio-economic status. Using representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we contrast the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123917
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Managerial Valuation of Applicant Credentials and Personal Traits in Hiring Decisions
Jones, James R. - 2011
We study how managers value applicant credentials and personal traits in hiring decisions. Using the ordered probit … model, we confirm previous results -managers rank applicant traits higher than credentials. However, we also uncover … patterns not previously observed - managerial valuations of some of these characteristics are dependent on managers' perception …
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J. - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096465