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 …

exert a significant influence at every stage of a chief executive officer’s (CEO’s) career. First, at the appointment stage …, selection does not impede the promotion of behavioral managers. Instead, competitive environments oftentimes promote their …

that an increase in Academic Progress Rate, as measured by the NCAA, for a college team in either sport significantly …

the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce …

Gender differences in competitiveness are often discussed as a potential explanation for gender differences in … of profile choice as gender. More importantly, up to 23 percent of the gender difference in profile choice can be … attributed to gender differences in competitiveness. This lends support to the extrapolation of laboratory findings on …

, preferences, 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 …

We propose a model where investors hire fund managers to invest either in risky bonds or in riskless assets. Some … managers have superior information on the default probability. Looking at the past performance, investors update beliefs on … their managers and make firing decisions. This leads to career concerns which affect investment decisions, generating a …

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 …