Bang Dang Nguyen's research while affiliated with University of Cambridge and other places

Publications (2)

Article
This paper investigates whether media coverage on CEOs, as a proxy for investor recognition of firms, affects firm value and governance. From a sample of Fortune500 companies from 1992 to 2002, we construct two indexes of Media Coverage and Positive Media Coverage on CEOs, and find that firms whose CEOs attract high media coverage are associated wi...
Article
This research investigates whether media coverage on CEOs, as a proxy for investor recognition of firms, affects firm value and governance. From a sample of Fortune500 companies from 1992 to 2002, we handcraft two indexes of Media Coverage and Positive Media Coverage on CEOs, and find that firms whose CEOs attract high media coverage are associated...

Citations

... Furthermore, they show that investors are more willing to invest in companies with charismatic leaders even if the firms are seemingly in trouble and charismatic leaders are able to turn stakeholder perceptions around and make negative news seen in a more positive light. Nguyen-Dang (2005) One concern here is the tendency of capital markets to dismiss intangible assets as long as their benefits are not realized in earnings (Aksoy et al., 2008). For instance, Edmans (2011) finds that intangibles reflect on the stock price only when it manifests in tangible outcomes that are valued by the market. ...