Beauty is wealth: CEO attractiveness and firm value

Beauty is wealth: CEO attractiveness and firm value

This paper examines whether and how CEO attractiveness relates to firm value. We construct a Facial Attractiveness Index of 667 CEOs based on their facial geometry. More attractive CEOs are associated with better stock returns surrounding their job announcements and around earnings‐announcement news...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Financial review (Buffalo, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2020-11, Vol.55 (4), p.529-556
Hauptverfasser: Halford, Joseph T., Hsu, Hung‐Chia S.
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Sprache:eng
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beauty premium
CEO attractiveness
Chief executive officers
facial geometry
firm value
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Zusammenfassung:This paper examines whether and how CEO attractiveness relates to firm value. We construct a Facial Attractiveness Index of 667 CEOs based on their facial geometry. More attractive CEOs are associated with better stock returns surrounding their job announcements and around earnings‐announcement news with CEOs' images. Further, more attractive CEOs are related to higher acquirer returns following acquisition announcements and higher Tobin's Q. Finally, consistent with the existing literature documenting the beauty premium in pay, more attractive CEOs receive higher compensation.
ISSN:0732-8516
1540-6288
DOI:10.1111/fire.12234