Are overconfident CEOs born or made? Evidence of self-attribution bias from frequent acquirers

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1037-1051

  Billett, Matthew T ^a   Qian, Yiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequent acquirer; Hubris; Insider trading; Mergers and acquisitions; Overconfidence; Self attribution

Indexed keywords

FREQUENT ACQUIRER; HUBRIS; INSIDER TRADING; OVERCONFIDENCE; SELF-ATTRIBUTION;

PURCHASING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 61849140188     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0830     Document Type: Article

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