• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The Emergence of 'Social Executives' and Its Consequences for Financial Markets
  • Contributor: Chen, Hailiang [Author]; Hwang, Byoung-Hyoun [Other]; Liu, Baixiao [Other]
  • imprint: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2019]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (45 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2318094
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  • Keywords: Social Media Usage ; Information Environment ; Agency Cost ; Strategic Leadership ; Corporate Governance
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments April 2019 erstellt
  • Description: We document the emergence of “social executives,” top executives who connect with investors directly, personally, and in real time through social media, and we study the consequences of this development for financial markets. We contend that the emergence of social executives enables investors to obtain value-relevant information to which they previously had no access, and that this enhancement to the information environment increases investor participation and improves stock market liquidity. Using data reflecting the personal Twitter account activity of the CEOs and CFOs of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States, we find evidence consistent with our hypothesis
  • Access State: Open Access