...Lisa S. Anderson; L. Emily Hickman Purpose This paper examines whether CEO political orientation is associated with firms’ climate-related pledging behavior, with particular emphasis on the quality, scope and potential for greenwashing in greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments. Design...

...Thomas Covington; Steve Swidler; Keven Yost Purpose The previous literature finds evidence from birth dates of CEOs that the relative-age effect continually influences their career success. The authors look at a significantly larger collection of CEOs and more exact information on school cut-off...

...Charles Danso; Margarita Kaprielyan; Md Miran Hossain Purpose Recent studies explore how chief executive officer (CEO) social capital affects corporate decision-making. Well-connected CEOs can have greater access to information, which can lead to better corporate decisions or permit them to amass...

...Heather S. Knewtson; John R. Nofsinger Purpose – The authors examine whether the stronger information content of chief financial officer (CFO) insider trading relative to that of chief executive officers (CEOs) results from a different willingness to exploit the information asymmetry that exists...