Time-varying managerial overconfidence and pecking order preference

This paper examines whether managerial overconfidence enhances or weakens pecking order preference. We construct time-varying managerial words-based (i.e. tone of Chairman’s Statement) and action-based (i.e. firm investment and directors’ trading) overconfidence measures. Both optimistic tone and in...

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Main Authors: Andrew Vivian, Bin Xu
Format: Default Article
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/25375
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