Introduction
Related Literature and Hypotheses
Corporate Hedging and Selective Hedging
Dark Triad Personality Traits
Dark Triad Personality Traits in the Context of the Firm
Hypotheses
Methodology and Data
Data Collection
Percent | |
---|---|
Industry | |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 1.70 |
Mining | 0.73 |
Manufacturing | 12.86 |
Transportation & public utilities | 3.64 |
Wholesale trade | 2.67 |
Retail trade | 14.56 |
Finance, insurance, real estate | 54.37 |
Services | 5.58 |
Public administration | 2.43 |
Unclassified industry | 1.46 |
No. employees | |
1–50 | 4.13 |
51–250 | 14.08 |
251–500 | 22.57 |
501–1000 | 24.27 |
1001–5000 | 22.33 |
5001–10,000 | 7.28 |
10,001–25,000 | 2.67 |
25,001 or more | 2.67 |
Sales revenue | |
0–999,999 | 1.70 |
1,000,000–4,999,999 | 10.68 |
5,000,000–9,999,999 | 14.08 |
10,000,000–99,999,999 | 23.54 |
100,000,000–999,999,999 | 23.79 |
1,000,000,000–4,999,999,999 | 13.59 |
5,000,000,000–9,999,999,999 | 7.04 |
10,000,000,000 or above | 5.58 |
Firm type | |
Public firm | 38.11 |
Private firm | 42.96 |
Family firm | 12.86 |
Government firm | 6.07 |
Percent | |
---|---|
Age | |
18 to 34 | 24.27 |
35 to 44 | 55.83 |
45 to 54 | 16.99 |
55+ | 2.91 |
Gender | |
Female | 28.64 |
Male | 71.36 |
Residence | |
United States | 52.67 |
United Kingdom | 47.33 |
Education | |
High school / GED | 5.34 |
Undergraduate degree | 17.23 |
Graduate degree | 40.78 |
MBA | 26.70 |
Other Non-MBA | 2.43 |
Ph.D. | 7.52 |
Derivatives expertise | |
< 1 year | 0.73 |
1–2 years | 9.71 |
3–5 years | 39.32 |
6–10 years | 41.50 |
> 10 years | 8.74 |
Experience / tenure | |
< 1 year | 0.24 |
1–2 years | 5.10 |
3–5 years | 29.37 |
6–10 years | 46.60 |
> 10 years | 18.69 |
Professional position | |
Director/Manager corporate risk management | 83.25 |
Other employee with decision-making power | 16.50 |
Not a managing position | 0.24 |
Variables
Dependent Variables
Independent Variable
Control Variables
N | Mean | SD | Min | 25 | Median | 75 | Maximum | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selective hedging | 412 | 4.0863 | 0.5684 | 2.0250 | 3.7250 | 4.0875 | 4.5250 | 5.0000 |
Trade for profit | 412 | 8.5388 | 2.0848 | 1.0000 | 8.0000 | 9.0000 | 10.0000 | 11.0000 |
Market view | 412 | 3.9579 | 0.6889 | 1.0000 | 3.3333 | 4.0000 | 4.3333 | 5.0000 |
Dark triad | 412 | 3.0051 | 1.0157 | 1.1667 | 2.1667 | 2.9583 | 3.7500 | 5.0000 |
Machiavellianism | 412 | 2.7203 | 1.2603 | 1.0000 | 1.5000 | 2.7500 | 3.8125 | 5.0000 |
Narcissism | 412 | 3.4132 | 1.0352 | 1.0000 | 2.7500 | 3.5000 | 4.2500 | 5.0000 |
Psychopathy | 412 | 2.8817 | 1.1557 | 1.0000 | 2.0000 | 2.7500 | 3.7500 | 5.0000 |
Risk preference | 412 | 8.8252 | 1.9303 | 1.0000 | 8.0000 | 9.0000 | 11.0000 | 11.0000 |
Confidence | 412 | 9.0801 | 1.6333 | 2.0000 | 8.0000 | 9.0000 | 11.0000 | 11.0000 |
Tail outcomes | 412 | 4.1553 | 0.6461 | 1.5000 | 4.0000 | 4.0000 | 4.5000 | 5.0000 |
Success = profitability | 412 | 0.5121 | 0.5005 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
Performance measurement | 412 | 4.3689 | 0.7891 | 1.0000 | 4.0000 | 5.0000 | 5.0000 | 5.0000 |
Reporting frequency | 412 | 4.2694 | 1.1282 | 1.0000 | 3.0000 | 4.0000 | 5.0000 | 6.0000 |
Centralization | 412 | 8.5316 | 2.0305 | 1.0000 | 8.0000 | 9.0000 | 10.0000 | 11.0000 |
Guidelines | 412 | 3.6141 | 1.1501 | 0.0000 | 3.0000 | 4.0000 | 4.2500 | 5.0000 |
Model Estimation
Results
Pearson’s Correlation Matrix
Selective | Trade | Market | Dark triad | Machiavel- | Narcissism | Psychopathy | Risk | Confidence | Male | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
hedging | for profit | view | lianism | preference | |||||||
Trade for profit | 0.6592*** | ||||||||||
Market view | 0.8509*** | 0.5037*** | |||||||||
Dark triad | 0.1937*** | 0.2826*** | 0.2270*** | ||||||||
Machiavellianism | 0.0708 | 0.1918*** | 0.1167* | 0.9172*** | |||||||
Narcissism | 0.3279*** | 0.3109*** | 0.3457*** | 0.8081*** | 0.5876*** | ||||||
Psychopathy | 0.1397** | 0.2575*** | 0.1616*** | 0.9126*** | 0.8015*** | 0.5943*** | |||||
Risk preference | 0.4508*** | 0.4382*** | 0.4372*** | 0.1817*** | 0.0934 | 0.2496*** | 0.1538** | ||||
Confidence | 0.6597*** | 0.5789*** | 0.5530*** | 0.1714*** | 0.0221 | 0.3275*** | 0.1343** | 0.4621*** | |||
Male | − 0.0780 | − 0.0423 | − 0.0699 | 0.1028* | 0.0565 | 0.1182* | 0.1037* | − 0.0574 | 0.0147 | ||
Age | 0.0468 | − 0.0803 | 0.0094 | − 0.0894 | − 0.1015* | − 0.0452 | − 0.0846 | − 0.0628 | 0.0429 | 0.0265 | |
Education | 0.2231*** | 0.2038*** | 0.2266*** | 0.0095 | − 0.0716 | 0.1488** | − 0.0302 | 0.1446** | 0.2532*** | 0.1148* | 0.0086 |
Derivatives expertise | 0.1752*** | 0.1029* | 0.1212* | − 0.0350 | − 0.0951 | 0.0760 | − 0.0567 | 0.0486 | 0.2290*** | 0.0688 | 0.2896*** |
Experience / tenure | 0.0829 | − 0.0001 | − 0.0032 | − 0.1079* | − 0.1280** | − 0.0498 | − 0.1004* | 0.0069 | 0.1248* | 0.0827 | 0.3238*** |
Tail outcomes | 0.5677*** | 0.2448*** | 0.5031*** | 0.0720 | − 0.0320 | 0.2044*** | 0.0418 | 0.2374*** | 0.4309*** | − 0.0888 | 0.1266* |
Success = profitability | 0.3185*** | 0.2526*** | 0.2791*** | 0.1449** | 0.0464 | 0.1999*** | 0.1524** | 0.2390*** | 0.2980*** | − 0.0168 | − 0.0253 |
Professional position | − 0.1723*** | − 0.1365** | − 0.1698*** | − 0.0367 | 0.0345 | − 0.1209* | − 0.0260 | − 0.1772*** | − 0.2244*** | − 0.0134 | 0.0200 |
Performance measurement | 0.5282*** | 0.2797*** | 0.3598*** | 0.0480 | − 0.0116 | 0.1413** | 0.0126 | 0.2565*** | 0.3489*** | − 0.1054* | 0.0737 |
Reporting frequency | 0.4533*** | 0.3612*** | 0.4477*** | 0.2154*** | 0.1490** | 0.2336*** | 0.1962*** | 0.4239*** | 0.4504*** | 0.0085 | 0.0033 |
Centralization | 0.3860*** | 0.3931*** | 0.3720*** | 0.1277** | 0.0842 | 0.2034*** | 0.0626 | 0.3050*** | 0.5352*** | − 0.0510 | − 0.0076 |
Guidelines | 0.2360*** | 0.1955*** | 0.1914*** | 0.2358*** | 0.1901*** | 0.1966*** | 0.2383*** | 0.1197* | 0.2199*** | − 0.0212 | 0.0110 |
No. employees | − 0.0721 | − 0.0160 | − 0.1019* | − 0.0552 | − 0.0381 | − 0.0793 | − 0.0331 | − 0.0895 | − 0.1146* | − 0.0041 | 0.0417 |
Sales revenue | − 0.0182 | 0.0542 | − 0.0094 | 0.0111 | 0.0149 | 0.0189 | − 0.0040 | 0.0192 | − 0.0217 | 0.0824 | 0.1099* |
Education | Derivatives | Experience / tenure | Tail | Success = | Professional | Performance | Reporting | Centra- | Guide- | No. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
expertise | outcomes | profitability | position | measurement | frequency | lization | lines | employees | |||
Trade for profit | |||||||||||
Market view | |||||||||||
Dark triad | |||||||||||
Machiavellianism | |||||||||||
Narcissism | |||||||||||
Psychopathy | |||||||||||
Risk preference | |||||||||||
Confidence | |||||||||||
Male | |||||||||||
Age | |||||||||||
Education | |||||||||||
Derivatives expertise | 0.1007* | ||||||||||
Experience / tenure | − 0.0222 | 0.5089*** | |||||||||
Tail outcomes | 0.1363** | 0.2145*** | 0.1011* | ||||||||
Success = profitability | 0.0904 | 0.0126 | − 0.0025 | 0.2086*** | |||||||
Professional position | − 0.1491** | − 0.2067*** | − 0.0851 | − 0.1169* | − 0.0362 | ||||||
Performance measurement | 0.1114* | 0.1299** | 0.0752 | 0.3574*** | 0.2043*** | − 0.0873 | |||||
Reporting frequency | 0.0996* | 0.0527 | − 0.0054 | 0.3464*** | 0.2980*** | − 0.0669 | 0.1996*** | ||||
Centralization | 0.1618*** | 0.0990* | − 0.0393 | 0.2837*** | 0.1864*** | − 0.1918*** | 0.1415** | 0.2687*** | |||
Guidelines | 0.0701 | 0.0182 | − 0.0816 | 0.1202* | 0.1202* | − 0.0552 | 0.1278** | 0.1891*** | 0.2985*** | ||
No. employees | − 0.0485 | − 0.0167 | 0.1964*** | − 0.1401** | − 0.0231 | 0.0537 | − 0.0891 | − 0.0622 | − 0.0975* | 0.0052 | |
Sales revenue | 0.0132 | 0.0971* | 0.1546** | − 0.0649 | 0.0718 | 0.0814 | 0.0495 | 0.1159* | 0.0278 | 0.0093 | 0.2512*** |
Hypothesis Testing
Dependent variable | |||
---|---|---|---|
Selective hedging | Trade for profit | Market view | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | |
Constant | 0.4338\(^{**}\) | − 0.0485 | 0.4344 |
(1.9969) | (− 0.0522) | (1.2592) | |
Dark triad | 0.0384\(^{**}\) | 0.3194\(^{***}\) | 0.0779\(^{***}\) |
(2.1621) | (3.6537) | (3.1826) | |
Risk preference | 0.0284\(^{**}\) | 0.1529\(^{*}\) | 0.0405\(^{**}\) |
(2.2051) | (1.8278) | (2.1808) | |
Confidence | 0.1056\(^{***}\) | 0.5098\(^{***}\) | 0.0744\(^{***}\) |
(6.3609) | (6.3310) | (3.0401) | |
Male | − 0.0531 | − 0.2186 | − 0.0996\(^{*}\) |
(− 1.3792) | (− 1.2583) | (− 1.8711) | |
Age (18–34) | 0.0203 | 0.3267\(^{*}\) | − 0.0543 |
(0.4389) | (1.8463) | (− 0.8702) | |
Age (45-54) | 0.0361 | − 0.1716 | 0.0291 |
(0.7119) | (− 0.5563) | (0.4349) | |
Age (55+) | 0.0176 | − 0.2810 | − 0.1496 |
(0.1712) | (− 0.4359) | (− 0.9015) | |
Education | 0.0209 | 0.1158 | 0.0415\(^{*}\) |
(1.3501) | (1.4981) | (1.8484) | |
Derivatives expertise | 0.0054 | 0.1248 | 0.0140 |
(0.1689) | (0.9276) | (0.2918) | |
Experience / tenure | 0.0025 | − 0.0613 | − 0.0480 |
(0.0756) | (− 0.4406) | (− 1.0044) | |
Tail outcomes | 0.2193\(^{***}\) | − 0.1560 | 0.2703\(^{***}\) |
(5.6668) | (− 1.0692) | (5.2686) | |
Success = profitability | 0.0666 | 0.1518 | 0.0826 |
(1.6204) | (0.9168) | (1.4559) | |
Professional position | − 0.0139 | 0.0941 | − 0.0520 |
(− 0.2523) | (0.4532) | (− 0.7132) | |
Performance measurement | 0.1855\(^{***}\) | 0.2384\(^{*}\) | 0.0882\(^{**}\) |
(5.2300) | (1.8189) | (2.0477) | |
Reporting frequency | 0.0406\(^{**}\) | 0.0481 | 0.0803\(^{***}\) |
(2.0173) | (0.5389) | (2.8290) | |
Centralization | 0.0032 | 0.1102\(^{*}\) | 0.0191 |
(0.3228) | (1.9652) | (1.3209) | |
Guidelines | 0.0227 | − 0.0241 | − 0.0038 |
(1.2634) | (− 0.3198) | (− 0.1287) | |
No. employees | 0.0059 | 0.0290 | 0.0015 |
(1.6459) | (1.4343) | (0.3141) | |
Sales revenue | − 0.0006 | 0.0038 | 0.0002 |
(− 1.0023) | (1.2379) | (0.1715) | |
Private firm | − 0.0258 | − 0.4164\(^{**}\) | − 0.1095\(^{**}\) |
(− 0.6686) | (− 2.3761) | (− 2.0241) | |
Family firm | − 0.0811 | − 0.2055 | − 0.2296\(^{**}\) |
(− 1.2307) | (− 0.9022) | (− 2.3679) | |
Government firm | − 0.0138 | − 0.0915 | − 0.1077 |
(− 0.2487) | (− 0.2994) | (− 1.3256) | |
Industry effects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Country effects | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 412 | 412 | 412 |
Adjusted R\(^{2}\) | 0.6244 | 0.4202 | 0.4906 |
Residual SE | 0.3484 | 1.5875 | 0.4917 |
F Statistic | 22.3552\(^{***}\) | 10.3067\(^{***}\) | 13.3681\(^{***}\) |
Dependent variable | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selective hedging | |||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Dark triad female | 0.0166 | ||||
(0.6154) | |||||
Dark triad male | 0.0487\(^{**}\) | ||||
(2.2284) | |||||
Dark triad young | 0.0271 | ||||
(1.3615) | |||||
Dark triad old | 0.0745\(^{**}\) | ||||
(2.1608) | |||||
Young (D) | 0.1082 | ||||
(0.7778) | |||||
Dark triad short tenure | 0.0931\(^{***}\) | ||||
(3.5911) | |||||
Dark triad long tenure | 0.0108 | ||||
(0.4980) | |||||
Experience / tenure (D) | 0.2881\(^{**}\) | ||||
(2.5159) | |||||
Dark triad low education | 0.0106 | ||||
(0.2703) | |||||
Dark triad high education | 0.0427\(^{**}\) | ||||
(2.1630) | |||||
Education (D) | − 0.0412 | ||||
(− 0.3040) | |||||
Dark triad low derivatives expertise | 0.0776 | ||||
(1.4315) | |||||
Dark triad high derivatives expertise | 0.0343\(^{*}\) | ||||
(1.8297) | |||||
Derivatives expertise (D) | 0.1820 | ||||
(1.0237) | |||||
Male | − 0.1470 | − 0.0545 | − 0.0601 | − 0.0495 | − 0.0527 |
(− 1.3168) | (− 1.4168) | (− 1.5626) | (− 1.2507) | (− 1.3648) | |
Controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Industry effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Country effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 412 | 412 | 412 | 412 | 412 |
Adjusted R\(^{2}\) | 0.6242 | 0.6265 | 0.6290 | 0.6235 | 0.6245 |
Residual SE | 0.3485 | 0.3474 | 0.3462 | 0.3488 | 0.3483 |
F Statistic | 21.6845\(^{***}\) | 23.2403\(^{***}\) | 22.1147\(^{***}\) | 21.6284\(^{***}\) | 21.7155\(^{***}\) |
Dependent variable | ||
---|---|---|
Selective hedging | ||
(1) | (2) | |
Dark triad low reporting | 0.0342 | |
(1.2411) | ||
Dark triad high reporting | 0.0471\(^{*}\) | |
(1.9313) | ||
Reporting frequency (D) | − 0.0096 | |
(− 0.0750) | ||
Dark triad success = profitability | 0.0504\(^{**}\) | |
(2.3510) | ||
Dark triad success \(\ne \) profitability | 0.0214 | |
(0.7274) | ||
Success = profitability | − 0.0185 | |
(− 0.1598) | ||
Controls | Yes | Yes |
Industry effects | Yes | Yes |
Country effects | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 412 | 412 |
Adjusted R\(^{2}\) | 0.6197 | 0.6241 |
Residual SE | 0.3505 | 0.3485 |
F Statistic | 21.2959\(^{***}\) | 21.6750\(^{***}\) |
Dependent variable | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selective hedging | |||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
Dark triad not managing | 0.0869 | ||||
(1.4610) | |||||
Dark triad managing | 0.0314\(^{*}\) | ||||
(1.7147) | |||||
Professional position (D) | 0.1839 | ||||
(0.9392) | |||||
Dark triad family | 0.0936\(^{*}\) | ||||
(1.8560) | |||||
Dark triad other | 0.0302 | ||||
(1.6241) | |||||
Family firm (D) | − 0.2690 | ||||
(− 1.3334) | |||||
Dark triad low sales | 0.0681\(^{***}\) | ||||
(2.8617) | |||||
Dark triad high sales | 0.0054 | ||||
(0.2106) | |||||
Sales revenue (D) | 0.1842 | ||||
(1.6209) | |||||
Dark triad few employees | 0.0664\(^{***}\) | ||||
(2.6037) | |||||
Dark triad many employees | 0.0115 | ||||
(0.4851) | |||||
No. employees (D) | 0.1752 | ||||
(1.5763) | |||||
Dark triad less centralized | 0.0431\(^{**}\) | ||||
(1.9910) | |||||
Dark triad highly centralized | 0.0299 | ||||
(0.9217) | |||||
Centralization (D) | 0.1181 | ||||
(0.8969) | |||||
Controls | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Industry effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Country effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Observations | 412 | 412 | 412 | 412 | 412 |
Adjusted R\(^{2}\) | 0.6246 | 0.6265 | 0.6259 | 0.6242 | 0.6254 |
Residual SE | 0.3483 | 0.3474 | 0.3477 | 0.3485 | 0.3479 |
F Statistic | 21.7207\(^{***}\) | 23.2389\(^{***}\) | 21.8343\(^{***}\) | 21.6858\(^{***}\) | 21.7932\(^{***}\) |