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Risk Perception and Decision-Making by the Corporate Elite: Empirical Evidence for Netherlands-based Companies

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  • de Groot, E.A.
  • Renes, S.
  • Segers, R.
  • Franses, Ph.H.B.F.

Abstract

We study risk perception and actual decision-making by the corporate elite, where we consider CEOs, CFOs and non-executives. We collect data for many members of the elite for Netherlands-based companies using the vignettes method. We find that CEOs are more risk tolerant but do not act accordingly by demanding higher returns. CFOs and non-executives are found to be more risk-averse; but, interestingly, only the non-executives demand higher returns more than CEOs do. Differences in demanded returns across CEOs and CFOs are found to be negligible. When decision makers mature and get more experienced, they tend to ask higher returns on investment. For all members of the corporate elite it holds that overconfidence is consistently related to higher risk tolerance, whereas those degrees of overconfidence are similar.

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  • de Groot, E.A. & Renes, S. & Segers, R. & Franses, Ph.H.B.F., 2012. "Risk Perception and Decision-Making by the Corporate Elite: Empirical Evidence for Netherlands-based Companies," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2012-013, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  • Handle: RePEc:ems:eureri:37301
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    Cited by:

    1. Denice Bodeutsch & Philip Hans Franses, 2016. "Risk Attitudes In The Board Room And Company Performance: Evidence For An Emerging Economy," Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(04), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Bodeutsch, D.S. & Franses, Ph.H.B.F., 2015. "Risk attitudes in company boardrooms in a developing country," Econometric Institute Research Papers EI 2015-04, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Econometric Institute.

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    Keywords

    Behavioral corporate finance; CEO; CFO; Corporate investment behavior; Managerial biases; Non-executive board members; Overconfidence;
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    JEL classification:

    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G14 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Information and Market Efficiency; Event Studies; Insider Trading
    • G31 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Capital Budgeting; Fixed Investment and Inventory Studies
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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