Bank debt;
CEO succession;
Lender monitoring;
External succession;
TOP EXECUTIVE TURNOVER;
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE;
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE;
FIRM PERFORMANCE;
MANAGEMENT TURNOVER;
FINANCIAL DISTRESS;
EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS;
CAPITAL STRUCTURE;
PUBLIC DEBT;
DIRECTORS;
D O I:
10.1016/j.jbankfin.2014.05.017
中图分类号:
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号:
0202 ;
摘要:
We demonstrate that banks play an important monitoring role in CEO succession that is not observed for other types of lenders, particularly public bondholders. There is a stronger relation between cash flow performance and forced CEO turnover for firms issuing bank debt during the year of CEO turnover than for firms not issuing bank debt, and bank debt issuance increases the likelihood of external CEO succession. The stock price reaction to CEO succession is higher when bank monitoring is prevalent. Our results are consistent with theories of relationship banking that propose a valuable monitoring role for well informed, incentivized bank lenders. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
机构:
Northeastern Univ, Coll Business Adm, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Harvard Univ, Kennedy Sch, Women & Publ Policy Program, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Michigan State Univ, Eli Broad Coll Business, Eppley Ctr, E Lansing, MI 48824 USANortheastern Univ, Coll Business Adm, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Schwartz-Ziv, Miriam
Weisbach, Michael S.
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机构:
NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
SIFR, Inst Financial Res, SE-11160 Stockholm, Sweden
Ohio State Univ, Fisher Coll Business, Columbus, OH 43210 USANortheastern Univ, Coll Business Adm, Boston, MA 02115 USA