Facial masculinity of corporate executives and corporate governance: UK evidence
Facial masculinity of corporate executives and corporate governance: UK evidence
There is ample evidence that the facial features of different people are interpreted differently in the political, commercial and military spheres. Whether facial features can predict human behavior is still widely discussed. This paper explores the association between facial width-to- height ratio (fWHR) and corporate governance performance using a sample of images of executives of UK-listed non-financial companies. This study finds that corporate executives with high fWHR are more aggressive and thus have lower accounting conservatism and higher stock price crash risk
fWHR, accounting conservatism, stock price crash risk
University of Southampton
Li, Jiarui
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February 2024
Li, Jiarui
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Wang, Peng
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Zhang, Qingjing (Maggie)
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Li, Jiarui
(2024)
Facial masculinity of corporate executives and corporate governance: UK evidence.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis, 168pp.
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There is ample evidence that the facial features of different people are interpreted differently in the political, commercial and military spheres. Whether facial features can predict human behavior is still widely discussed. This paper explores the association between facial width-to- height ratio (fWHR) and corporate governance performance using a sample of images of executives of UK-listed non-financial companies. This study finds that corporate executives with high fWHR are more aggressive and thus have lower accounting conservatism and higher stock price crash risk
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Published date: February 2024
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fWHR, accounting conservatism, stock price crash risk
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/487256
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