Do CEOs of State-Owned Enterprises Matter? Evidence from Brazil, 1973-1993

40 Pages Posted: 30 Jun 2012

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Aldo Musacchio

Brandeis University- International Business School; National Bureau of Economic Research

Sergio G. Lazzarini

Ivey Business School, Western University; Insper Institute of Education and Research

Claudia Bruschi

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Sao Paulo School of Economics

Date Written: June 26, 2012

Abstract

We study if CEOs and their backgrounds matter for the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) exploiting the fact that these companies had different CEOs (with different backgrounds) in different moments in time. We construct a database of Brazilian SOEs between 1973 and 1993 and make three tests. First, we use variance decomposition to study CEO effects. Second, we look at how much of the variation in performance can be explained by CEOs who switch companies. Third, we test if CEO background and ability matter for performance. We find sizable effects of CEOs on performance, especially for military managers and those who attended top universities.

Keywords: State-owned enterprises, CEOs, military CEOs, bureaucrats, state capitalism

JEL Classification: M51, P51, L33, P27, N56, D22

Suggested Citation

Musacchio, Aldo and Lazzarini, Sergio Giovanetti and Bruschi, Claudia, Do CEOs of State-Owned Enterprises Matter? Evidence from Brazil, 1973-1993 (June 26, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2096210 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2096210

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Sergio Giovanetti Lazzarini

Ivey Business School, Western University ( email )

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Claudia Bruschi

Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Sao Paulo School of Economics

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São Paulo, São Paulo 01332-000
Brazil

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