Abstract: Top-Manager von Großunternehmen gehören nach allgemeiner Einschätzung zu den Gewinnern der mit der Globalisierung verbundenen gesellschaftlichen und ökonomischen Umbrüche. Sind damit unerwünschte wirtschaftliche Machtspielräume und eine Privilegiengesellschaft entstanden? In...

In a labor market hierarchy, promotions are affected by the noisiness of information about the candidates. I study the hypothesis that males are more risk taking than females, and its implications for rates of promotion and abilities of survivors. I define promotion hierarchies with and without...

Empirical evidence on the relations between board independence and board decisions and firm performance is generally confounded by serious endogeneity issues. We circumvent these endogeneity problems by demonstrating the strong impact of the local director labor market on board composition....

In a labor market hierarchy, promotions are affected by the noisiness of information about the candidates. I study the hypothesis that males are more risk taking than females, and its implications for rates of promotion and abilities of survivors. I define promotion hierarchies with and without...