Corporate governance has become a hot topic following accounting scandals at Enron, WorldCom and others, which led to colossal corporate collapses. In many of those cases, the boards were 'asleep at the wheel,' failing to catch managements' questionable accounting practices. The Sarbanes-Oxley...

This paper examines whether CEOs react to personal experience with global warming. Using a difference-in-differences setting, we find that CEOs’ exposure to abnormally hot temperature leads to a decrease in corporate carbon emissions intensity. Our results shed light on the role played by...

This paper examines whether CEOs react to personal experience with global warming. Using a difference-in-differences setting, we find that CEOs’ exposure to abnormally hot temperature leads to a decrease in corporate carbon emissions intensity. Our results shed light on the role played by...