CEOs' early-life experiences and corporate policy: Evidence from China's great famine
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Keywords
Managerial style; Risk preference; Corporate policy; China's Great Famine;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
- G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
- G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
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