Chen, Yajie; Jiang, Fuxiu; Nofsinger, John R. - 2023
Unpaid chairpersons prioritize other stakeholders resulting in shareholder wealth loss. Using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2005 to 2018, we find that firms who have chairpersons that they do not directly pay, underperform counterparts with paid chairpersons. The results are robust after...