We examine the relationship between stock market liquidity and the network centrality of firm
executives. We find that firms whose executive officers are more central in the network of …

We explore the effect of director social capital, directors with large and influential networks,
on credit ratings. Using a sample of 11,172 firm‐year observations from 1999 to 2011, we …

Equity investors value CEO social capital when pricing firm equity. When CEO social capital
is high, the value relevance of the book value of equity declines, whereas the value …

Corporate Financial Distress and CEO Networks Page 1 Corporate Financial Distress and CEO
Networks Harjeet S. Bhabra Professor of Finance John Molson School of Business Concordia …

This study investigates the relationship between CEO network centrality, choice of earnings
management, and the consequences for the period from 1998 to 2016. From our empirical …

Entrepreneurs spend days and days in finding the way to get introduced to VCs, while VCs
jump from event to event in the aim of spotting the next unicorn. The whole startup and …

Using a unique dataset of CEO social capital between 1998 and 2017, we investigate the
degree to which CEO social capital increases or decreases investors' reliance upon …

We investigate the effect of chief executive officer (CEO) social capital, proxied by the CEO
network centrality, on the value relevance of accounting metrics for non-US firms, and the …

The global market of inter-banking syndicated loans is a vast network of obligations upon
which lenders rely for longer-term financing, and, in turn, provide to the real economy to …

Behavioral and managerial biases can occur among corporate executives that lead to
suboptimal decision making and outcomes for the shareholders. In the first essay, I study …