CEO to the Rescue: Residential Proximity of Private Firm CEOs and the Evolution of Corporate Profitability

This paper documents how the net profit margin of private firms improves when the CEOs of the companies relocate their primary residence to be closer to the corporate headquarters. By reviewing 127 Korean non-public companies belonging to 66 private business groups, we find that the top managers mov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: KIM, WOO JIN, YANG, DONG-RYUNG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2016-12-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
Subjects:
CEO
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23895/kdijep.2016.38.4.1