Abstract

In this paper, we provide a theoretical and empirical framework that allows us to synthesize and assess the burgeoning literature on CEO overconfidence. We also provide novel empirical evidence that overconfidence matters for corporate investment decisions in a framework that explicitly addresses the endogeneity of firms’ financing constraints.

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• finance 247
• management 80
• organizational behavior 168
• strategy and entrepreneurship 180