Table 4.

Determinants of CEO-specific temporal focus

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
VariablesFocus futureFocus futureFocus presentFocus presentFocus pastFocus past
Tobin’s Q−0.019 (0.012)−0.020 (0.012)−0.077* (0.031)−0.074* (0.030)−0.022 (0.015)−0.022 (0.015)
leverage−0.009 (0.091)−0.005 (0.091)0.007 (0.224)0.058 (0.224)−0.168 (0.112)−0.162 (0.112)
Firm size−0.033 (0.026)−0.039 (0.026)−0.082 (0.065)−0.106 (0.065)0.073* (0.032)0.069* (0.032)
Capital intensity−0.504 (0.404)−0.518 (0.403)1.621 (0.993)1.678+ (0.991)−0.544 (0.497)−0.610 (0.496)
R&D intensity−1.467+ (0.794)−1.598* (0.796)3.152 (1.954)2.506 (1.955)0.052 (0.978)−0.061 (0.979)
Asset durability−0.003 (0.003)−0.003 (0.003)−0.012+ (0.006)−0.012+ (0.006)0.000 (0.003)−0.000 (0.003)
Restricted stock−0.000 (0.002)−0.000 (0.002)0.003 (0.004)0.003 (0.004)0.002 (0.002)0.002 (0.002)
Exercisable option0.001+ (0.001)0.001 (0.001)0.001 (0.002)0.001 (0.002)0.000 (0.001)0.000 (0.001)
un-exercisable option−0.004+ (0.002)−0.004+ (0.002)−0.005 (0.006)−0.006 (0.006)0.003 (0.003)0.003 (0.003)
Cash pay−0.008 (0.061)−0.009 (0.061)0.065 (0.150)0.027 (0.150)0.028 (0.075)0.044 (0.075)
tenure0.008*** (0.002)0.005** (0.002)0.025*** (0.004)0.018*** (0.005)−0.001 (0.002)−0.004 (0.003)
female−0.088 (0.054)0.066 (0.132)0.062 (0.066)
recession0.002 (0.026)−0.184** (0.063)0.103** (0.032)
age0.005* (0.002)0.015*** (0.004)0.005* (0.002)
constant2.132*** (0.336)1.959*** (0.342)9.624*** (0.827)9.094*** (0.841)1.932*** (0.414)1.732*** (0.421)
Firm fixed effectYesYesYesYesYesYes
Year fixed effectYesYesYesYesYesYes
F-test for CEO characteristics3.300*6.210***5.850***
Obs328232823282328232823282
R20.5450.5470.6610.6630.5750.578
Adj_R20.4660.4670.6020.6040.5010.503
Note(s):

Standard errors are reported in parentheses. ***, **, * and + indicate statistical significance at the 0.001, 0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 levels, respectively

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