Does a CEO’s hedging ability affect the firm’s capital structure?

Lee M. Dunham

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Abstract

I examine whether a CEO’s composition of firm stockholdings between restricted and unrestricted shares impacts the amount of leverage carried by the firm. I document a negative and statistically significant relationship between leverage and the proportion of CEO total shareholdings that are unrestricted, and this negative relationship holds for alternative measures of leverage. This result supports the notion that the composition of a CEO’s portfolio of firm stock between restricted and unrestricted shares is a significant determinant of leverage ratios.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Economics and Finance
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StateAccepted/In press - Oct 31 2017

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Hedging
Leverage
Chief executive officer
Capital structure
Shareholding
Proportion
Leverage ratio
Restricted stock

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

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Does a CEO’s hedging ability affect the firm’s capital structure? / Dunham, Lee M.

In: Journal of Economics and Finance, 31.10.2017, p. 1-16.

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Dunham, LM 2017, 'Does a CEO’s hedging ability affect the firm’s capital structure?', Journal of Economics and Finance, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12197-017-9415-9
Dunham LM. Does a CEO’s hedging ability affect the firm’s capital structure? Journal of Economics and Finance. 2017 Oct 31;1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12197-017-9415-9
Dunham, Lee M. / Does a CEO’s hedging ability affect the firm’s capital structure?. In: Journal of Economics and Finance. 2017 ; pp. 1-16.
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