Abstract
Using hand-collected data on CEOs' hometown connections in Chinese A-share listed companies from 2009 to 2020, we find that such connections with suppliers are negatively associated with corporate risk-taking, reflected by the risk-taking behavior of CEOs with personal preference and self-interest. It is also found that the negative relationship between CEO hometown connections and corporate risk-taking is more pronounced for firms with greater economic policy uncertainty, firms in a period of tight monetary policy, firms with fewer analysts following, and firms with local CEOs, male CEOs, or CEOs without holding shares.
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