Determinants of CEO-specific temporal focus
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Focus future | Focus future | Focus present | Focus present | Focus past | Focus 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 option | 0.001+ (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) |
| tenure | 0.008*** (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) | |||
| recession | 0.002 (0.026) | −0.184** (0.063) | 0.103** (0.032) | |||
| age | 0.005* (0.002) | 0.015*** (0.004) | 0.005* (0.002) | |||
| constant | 2.132*** (0.336) | 1.959*** (0.342) | 9.624*** (0.827) | 9.094*** (0.841) | 1.932*** (0.414) | 1.732*** (0.421) |
| Firm fixed effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Year fixed effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| F-test for CEO characteristics | 3.300* | 6.210*** | 5.850*** | |||
| Obs | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 |
| R2 | 0.545 | 0.547 | 0.661 | 0.663 | 0.575 | 0.578 |
| Adj_R2 | 0.466 | 0.467 | 0.602 | 0.604 | 0.501 | 0.503 |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Focus future | Focus future | Focus present | Focus present | Focus past | Focus past |
| Tobin’s Q | −0.019 (0.012) | −0.020 (0.012) | −0.077 | −0.074 | −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 | 0.069 |
| 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 | 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 option | 0.001+ (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) |
| tenure | 0.008 | 0.005 | 0.025 | 0.018 | −0.001 (0.002) | −0.004 (0.003) |
| female | −0.088 (0.054) | 0.066 (0.132) | 0.062 (0.066) | |||
| recession | 0.002 (0.026) | −0.184 | 0.103 | |||
| age | 0.005 | 0.015 | 0.005 | |||
| constant | 2.132 | 1.959 | 9.624 | 9.094 | 1.932 | 1.732 |
| Firm fixed effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Year fixed effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| F-test for | 3.300 | 6.210 | 5.850 | |||
| Obs | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 | 3282 |
| 0.545 | 0.547 | 0.661 | 0.663 | 0.575 | 0.578 | |
| Adj_ | 0.466 | 0.467 | 0.602 | 0.604 | 0.501 | 0.503 |
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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