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CEO overconfidence: a standalone construct

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CEOoverconfidence1 CONSTRUCTCEO overconfidenceMALMENDIER · CORPORATE FINANCE

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Corporate finance

executive tendency to overestimate the returns to own projects, measured from personal option-holding behavior and linked to investment-cash flow sensitivity.

In corporate finance, CEO overconfidence refers to executive tendency to overestimate the returns to own projects, measured from personal option-holding behavior and linked to investment-cash flow sensitivity. This meaning comes from Malmendier (2005) in The Journal of Finance.[1]

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References

  1. Malmendier, U., & Tate, G. (2005). CEO Overconfidence and Corporate Investment. The Journal of Finance, 60(6), 2661-2700. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.2005.00813.x

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