This paper links the CEO's concerns for the current stock price to reductions in real investment. We identify short-term concerns using the amount of stock and options scheduled to vest in a given quarter. A one standard deviation increase in vesting equity is associated with an annualized 0.2%...

More than 20% of U.S. firms are nonprofit, yet this organizational form has received little attention in corporate finance. This paper takes a step towards closing this gap by examining investment choices of nonprofit hospitals. Most hospitals hold large financial assets, and hospital-specific...

This paper examines the investment decisions of not-for-profit hospitals. More than 20% of U.S. firms are not-for-profit, yet this organizational form has received little attention in corporate finance. This paper takes a step towards closing this gap. Our goal is to examine the role of...

This paper links the impending vesting of CEO equity to reductions in real investment. Existing studies measure the manager's short-term concerns using the sensitivity of his equity to the stock price. However, in myopia theories, the driver of short-termism is not the magnitude of incentives...