Does CEO turnover matter in China? Evidence from the stock market

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We study the consequences of CEO turnover announcements on the stock prices of firms in China, where most listed firms remain majority-owned by the state. Our proposition is that state ownership may affect stock market reaction to CEO replacement because state-owned firms often pursue multiple, potentially contradictory, objectives, i.e. economic performance and social objectives. Applying standard event study methodology to a sample of 1,094 announcements from 2002 to 2010, we find that CEO turnover typically produces a positive stock market reaction. The reaction is significantly positive, however, only for enterprises owned by the central government, and not significant for enterprises owned by local governments or privately owned enterprises. These results suggest that a CEO turnover in a central state-owned enterprise signals a renewed commitment to the economic performance objective by state officials. The small size of CEO labor market suggests that other shareholders have a relatively small pool of CEO talent to proceed to managerial improvement when a CEO turnover takes place.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-952-462-752-8
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: BOFIT Discussion Papers ; No. 21/2012

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Corporate Finance and Governance: General ; Personnel Economics: Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions ; Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Financial Economics ; Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
• Thema: CEO turnover ; corporate governance ; state ownership ; China ; event study

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Pessarossi, Pierre ; Weill, Laurent
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/212745
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ