Understanding the consequences of homophily, which is among the most widely observed
social phenomena, is important, with implications for management theory and practice …

We review an empirical literature that studies how political polarization affects financial
decisions. We first discuss the degree of partisan segregation in finance and corporate …

Corporate executives managing some of the largest public companies in the US are shaped
by their daughters. When a firm's chief executive officer (CEO) has a daughter, the corporate …

For several decades, the boards of directors have been relatively homogeneous groups
consisting of white old men (the so-called 'good-old boys'). This static and apparently …

This paper studies the mediating role that political connections play in the relationship
between cost of equity and political risk (ie, partisan political conflict and economic policy …

This study examines whether firms that establish political connections gain differential
access to relevant information over legislative developments, thereby mitigating the negative …

In this paper, we investigate the influence of CEO political orientation on corporate lobbying
efforts. Specifically, we study whether CEO political ideology, in terms of manager-level …

Using data involving customer–supplier relationships and a large sample of US publicly
listed firms, our study documents a negative and statistically significant relationship between …

Reporting the economic significance of findings in corporate finance has become
increasingly common, but a review of the literature reveals shortcomings in typical reporting …

We study the relation between the chair of the board of directors and the CEO. We argue that
substantial age dissimilarity between the two—giving rise to cognitive conflict—increases …