Top management team demography, investor sentiment, and the investment levels of listed companies

Zhaohui Zhu, Xiaoyan Song and WenSheng Huang

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2018, vol. 25, issue 3-4, 481-495

Abstract: The perceptions and decisions of securities investors in capital markets are not fully rational. Therefore, ‘smart’ managers of listed companies may cater to the irrational sentiments of investors by making catering investments to raise short-term stock prices. In this research, the top management team (TMT) demography that affects managers’ cognitive base and values is studied to analyze its moderating effects on the impacts of investor sentiment on corporate investment levels. The results show that the level of corporate investment to cater for investor sentiment decreases as the TMT’s age increases, and high TMT education levels can reduce the impacts of investor sentiment on corporate investment decision-making. However, the tenure of the TMT has no effect on companies’ catering investments.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2017.1311797

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