CEO optimism and forced turnover

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 695-712

  Campbell, T Colin ^a   Gallmeyer, Michael ^b   Johnson, Shane A ^c   Rutherford, Jessica ^c   Stanley, Brooke W ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO turnover; Managerial biases; Optimism; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960425070     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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