Title: Market reaction to capital expenditures of powerful CEOs
Authors: Anwar Boumosleh; Elias Raad
Addresses: Department of Finance, School of Business, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 13-5053, Beirut, Lebanon. ' Department of Finance, School of Business, Lebanese American University, P.O. Box 13-5053, Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract: It is controversial whether governance structure affects the value of the firm. This paper examines the sensitivity of firm value to capital expenditure under various levels of CEO power. The paper uses two measures of CEO power and finds that the greater the power of the CEO the less the increase in market value for a given increase in capital spending. The results are robust to the inclusion of firm and governance characteristics and indicate that the market is weary of investment decisions made by powerful CEOs.
Keywords: corporate governance; agency problem; CEO power; capital expenditure; Chief Executive Officer; market value; investment decisions.
DOI: 10.1504/IJFSM.2012.048850
International Journal of Financial Services Management, 2012 Vol.5 No.4, pp.356 - 368
Received: 21 Nov 2011
Accepted: 10 Apr 2012
Published online: 29 Nov 2014 *