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Athletes in boardrooms: Evidence from the world

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  • Yizhe Dong
  • Tinghua Duan

    (LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Wenxuan Hou
  • Yue (lucy) Liu

Abstract

This study examines the relation between the athletic experience of board directors and corporate outcomes. We predict that athletes' attributes, such as physical fitness, mental resilience, leadership, and team-working skills, enhance their monitoring role. Using a large sample from 71 countries, we find that athletic experience is associated with better firm performance. The benefits are more pronounced when the experience is of team sports and confrontational sports, and for firms experiencing financial crisis. The results remain consistent when we instrument the athletic experience of directors with the number of Olympic medals won and Olympic sports participated in by the country in question at the previous Olympic Games.

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  • Yizhe Dong & Tinghua Duan & Wenxuan Hou & Yue (lucy) Liu, 2019. "Athletes in boardrooms: Evidence from the world," Post-Print hal-02115617, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02115617
    DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2018.12.009
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    1. Ji, Jiao & Peng, Hongfeng & Sun, Hanwen & Xu, Haofeng, 2021. "Board tenure diversity, culture and firm risk: Cross-country evidence," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    2. Liu, Xianda & Hou, Wenxuan & Main, Brian G.M., 2024. "Military experience and subsequent effectiveness as a director," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 222(C), pages 144-176.
    3. Yunchuan Sun & Lu Liu & Ying Xu & Xiaoping Zeng & Yufeng Shi & Haifeng Hu & Jie Jiang & Ajith Abraham, 2024. "Alternative data in finance and business: emerging applications and theory analysis (review)," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 10(1), pages 1-32, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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