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The effects of culture on CEO power: Evidence from executive turnover

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In this paper, I show that CEO power, which arises from differences in national culture, can weaken a firm’s governance. Based on a hand-collected dataset with more than 5000 forced and voluntary CEO transitions across 37 countries, I find that CEOs are less likely to be dismissed for bad performance in more hierarchical countries. The results are robust to alternative measures of hierarchy, a large battery of control variables, subsample analysis, placebo tests, and different empirical methodologies. Stronger hierarchies also allow for idiosyncratic managerial styles around exogenous turnover events of CEOs. Overall, the results suggest that the power and importance of CEOs vary across countries.

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  • Urban, Daniel, 2019. "The effects of culture on CEO power: Evidence from executive turnover," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 50-69.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbfina:v:104:y:2019:i:c:p:50-69
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.05.003
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    Keywords

    Corporate governance; CEOs; Turnover; Culture; Agency problems; Managerial entrenchment;
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    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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