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Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 36 No. 1-3 2003

Empirical research on CEO turnover and firm-performance: a discussion

James A. Brickley

University of Rochester

Abstract

Engel/Hayes/Wang and Farrell/Whidbee provide new evidence on how firms weight alternative performance measures in making CEO retention and replacement decisions. While their results are statistically significant, firm performance continues to explain very little of the variation in CEO turnover. I argue we have probably reached a point of diminishing returns in estimating logit models that focus on the relation between CEO turnover and firm performance measures. We will have to consider other less-explored issues to increase our understanding of CEO turnovers and replacements. Analyzing age-related issues is one example.

DOI
10.1016/j.jacceco.2003.09.003
Volume
36
Issue
1-3
Pages
227-233
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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