Business success and businesses' beauty capital

Authors
Pfann, GA Biddle, JE Hamermesh, DS Bosman, CM
Citation
Ga. Pfann et al., Business success and businesses' beauty capital, ECON LETT, 67(2), 2000, pp. 201-207
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
ECONOMICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01651765 → ACNP
Volume
67
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
201 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-1765(200005)67:2<201:BSABBC>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Using a sample of Dutch advertising firms, we find that those with better-l ooking executives have higher revenues. Impacts on revenue far exceed the l ikely effects of beauty on the executives' earnings. This suggests that bea uty creates firm-specific investments, with the returns shared by the firm and the executive. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved. JEL classification: J7.