Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

• Investor responses to sudden CEO death have, on average, not changed over a 60 year period; however, the magnitude of the individual responses to sudden deaths have become more severe. • Investors also respond more severely on average to the naming of a CEO successor in more recent years, suggesting a strong perception of the importance of leadership.

Publication Date

2016

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2016, University of South Carolina

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