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Early career experience of executives and stock price informativeness

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  • Jung, Sumi
  • Kwack, So Yean

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This paper examines the impact of early career experience through economic recessions of executives on stock price informativeness. We find that firms with a greater percentage of executives who start their careers during recessionary periods are positively associated with stock price informativeness, as measured by firm-specific stock return variation. Moreover, we document that the association is more pronounced for firms with poor external monitoring. These findings indicate that the early career experiences of executives significantly affect the extent to which stock prices convey firm-specific information, and that external monitoring and executives’ experiences during economic downturns exhibit a substitutive relationship. This paper points out the importance of considering the heterogeneous characteristic of executives to better understand corporate transparency.

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  • Jung, Sumi & Kwack, So Yean, 2023. "Early career experience of executives and stock price informativeness," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 232(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:232:y:2023:i:c:s0165176523003518
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111326
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    Keywords

    Stock price informativeness; Imprinting; Corporate transparency; Early career experience; Recession;
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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation

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