Firm Risk-Taking and CEO Visibility

Yixin Liu; Yilei Zhang; Pornsit Jiraporn

doi:10.1142/S2010139216500105

Firm Risk-Taking and CEO Visibility

Yixin Liu, Yilei Zhang, Pornsit Jiraporn

Management Division (Great Valley)

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Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between CEO visibility and corporate risk-Taking. The empirical results show that more visible CEOs tend to take more risk. A one-standard-deviation shock in the CEOs media exposure results in a 6.53% rise in total risk. We further investigate the channels of risk-Taking activities and find that more visible CEOs seek more R&D investments. The positive effect of CEO visibility on firm risk policies is clearly of concern to bondholders. Consistent with this view, we report that CEO visibility has a significant negative effect on firm credit ratings. Our results highlight the importance of CEO visibility on a crucial corporate outcome-the extent of corporate risk-Taking.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1650010
Journal	Quarterly Journal of Finance
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S2010139216500105
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

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Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Strategy and Management

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