Table 2

Descriptive statistics

NMeanStd.DevQ1MedianQ3
Facial trustworthiness measures
Trust_CEO16,201−0.0010.531−0.3740.0010.367
Chin_Angle16,2010.0101.014−0.741−0.0560.634
Eyebrow_Reverse16,201−0.0081.004−0.6520.0180.688
Face_Shape16,2010.0091.015−0.717−0.0310.654
Philtrum_Reverse16,201−0.0150.994−0.6810.0200.647
Board monitoring structure
Bd_Ind16,2010.7100.1340.6150.6880.857
Bd_Female16,2010.1140.0970.0000.1110.167
Bd_Size16,20111.1403.2589.00011.00014.000
Bd_IntM16,2010.5710.4950.0001.0001.000
Bd_RG5,30614.6882.52613.00015.00016.000
Board monitoring activities
Bd_Meet4,3857.0612.7345.0006.0008.000
Moni_Meet4,3854.3251.8853.0004.0005.250
CEO incentive alignment
CEO_Incent16,1620.1750.1740.0400.1250.259
CEO_Owner12,8542.7105.9020.1720.5401.840
Control variables
Firmsize16,2017.4531.5886.3057.3198.490
Bus_Seg16,2013.0812.1461.0003.0004.000
ROE16,2010.0880.3750.0460.1140.185
Return16,2010.2840.649−0.0970.1860.512
BigN16,2010.8950.3061.0001.0001.000
BM16,2010.4730.3550.2440.4040.621
Leverage16,2010.5140.2280.3520.5150.661
Firm_Age16,20125.33719.63011.00019.00035.000
RD16,2010.0340.0600.0000.0010.045
Return_Std16,2010.0260.0130.0170.0230.032
Insti_Owner16,2010.6140.3510.4170.7400.892
CEO_Overconf16,2010.5940.4910.0001.0001.000
CEO_Age16,20156.3127.08352.00056.00061.000
CEO_Female16,2010.0330.1790.0000.0000.000
CEO_Tenure16,2016.4655.6133.0005.0008.000

Note(s): This table reports the sample size, mean, percentiles and standard deviations of our sample variables. The sample consists of 16,201 firm-year observations including 3,168 CEOs from 2000 to 2018. All continuous variables are winsorized at the first and 99th percentiles. Variable definitions are provided in  Appendix

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