Separating the roles of the CEO and the chair of the board of directors is considered best practice by many regulators, but should this be? Professor Marc Goergen draws from his research to discuss how combining the two roles can affect a firm’s leadership and shareholder value. Please read more here.
Ever wondered how a CEO's political ideology influences their company's payout policy? In my latest study with Ali Bayat, we find that conservative CEOs are not only more likely to pay dividends, but they also pay higher dividends and often combine them with share repurchases. Interestingly, these payouts are typically funded by drawing on cash reserves and cutting back on capital and R&D spending. Our full study will be published soon in the Journal of Banking and Finance. You can read it here . A podcast summarising the study is available from here .
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