在高知名度的執行長常被市場認為具有高水準的適任性、正直性、可靠性和獨特的領導力等相關特質,當執行長的聲譽愈高,市場通常認為其在創造公司未來發展和獲利成效方面也擁有較高的能力,因此文本文旨在探討市場對於執行長的聲譽影響企業未來盈餘資訊。 本研究以2001年至2009年間美國上市公司為研究對象,採用媒體報導執行長的合計數、資料包絡分析法 (DEA)、調整後的資產報酬率等三個衡量聲譽變數複合成一個聲譽指數,並以Lundholm and Myers (2002)與Tucker and Zarowin (2006)的未來盈餘反應係數衡量模型,探討企業執行長聲譽是否能提升未來盈餘反應係數,並加入公司規模、公司是否列報損失、成長機會和盈餘波動程度等會影響未來盈餘反應係數的變數,其結果均發現執行長聲譽越高現在股價隱含更高未來盈餘的資訊。整體而言,本研究是第一篇發現管理者特質會影響市場對未來盈餘的定價。
We examine whether CEO reputation allows stock returns to better reflect future earnings information, reflected in higher future earnings response coefficient (FERC). Using multiple proxies for CEO reputation comprised of commonly used proxies for managerial ability and CEO media coverage, we find that firms with highly reputed CEOS are associated with higher FERC, suggesting that CEO reputation represents a leading indicator of profit streams and thus assists investors in better predicting future earnings. The result is robust to controlling for firm size, growth, future earnings volatility, and analyst coverage. Overall, our paper provides empirical evidence on the economic consequences associated with CEO reputation.