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On the Effect of Social Environment of Racial Inequality: Trump Election and Minority CEO Pessimism

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  主题:On the Effect of Social Environment of Racial Inequality: Trump Election and Minority CEO Pessimism

  报告人:康亚 助理教授

  时间:2020年8月19日13:30

  腾讯会议平台 会议ID:178 013 387


  报告人简介:

  康亚现为香港中文大学会计系助理教授。她于2020年毕业于新加坡国立大学。


  报告内容简介:

  Donald Trump’s election on 9 November 2016 unexpectedly increased the salience of ethnic inequality. Its emotional and real impact on the ethnic minority groups has not yet been documented. By exploring the variations in management forecasts, this study finds that in response to the Trump’s election, minority CEOs exhibit more pessimism in earnings forecasts for the subsequent quarter (underestimation of the mean of earnings), compared with their non-minority counterparts. The effect is stronger for firms with less experienced and less confident minority CEOs. The textual analysis also reveals that minority CEOs have a more negative tone when describing different risk factors. They express more concerns about litigation and migration risk.By sharp contrast, the stock market does not react significantly to the election event for firms with minority CEOs.Collectively, this study provides the first evidence that Trump Election induces behavioral bias in the form of pessimism in minority CEOs, while its real impact on firm fundamentals is limited.


  2016年11月9日,特朗普当选美国总统这一事件(以外的)加剧了种族不平等。这个事件对少数族裔的影响还没被研究过。通过利用管理层预测的变化,本文发现相比他们的非少数族裔CEO,少数族裔CEO在特朗普当选后的几个季度对利润预测表现出更多的悲观(低估利润均值)。对于公司具有经验更少以及更不自信的CEO这个结果更显著。通过文本分析, 我们发现少数族裔CEO在描述风险因素的时候的语气更消极。并且他们表达出更多对诉讼风险和移民风险的担忧。与此形成强烈对比的是,股票市场对于有少数族裔CEO的公司并没有表现出极大的反应。综合而言,本文提供了最早的证据来验证特朗普当选美国总统引起了少数族裔CEO的悲观情绪。然而其对公司的基本面的影响却是有限的。


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