id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_k6swgqz54rhrph57nkatiu2l5y John R. Graham A Corporate Beauty Contest 2017 30 .pdf application/pdf 6601 618 67 traits of CEOs. In one experiment we use pairs of photographs and find that subjects rate and finds large-firm CEOs look more competent and likable. subjects numerically rate the facial traits of CEOs. We find that executive compensation evidence that the firms of competent looking CEOs perform better. attributes of competence, beauty, trustworthiness, and likability, after controlling for size especially CEOs, facial traits leading to the perception of competence seem important. control group of non-CEOs and have respondents compare the facial traits of the CEOnon-CEO pair in terms of competence, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and likeability. example, 54.48% of the respondents classify the large firm CEO as more competent than Table 1 that shows that large firm CEOs were perceived to be more competent and less Regressions of the log of CEO income on facial traits and controls are reported. correlation of CEOs' average baby-faced rating with their average competence, trustworthiness, ./cache/work_k6swgqz54rhrph57nkatiu2l5y.pdf ./txt/work_k6swgqz54rhrph57nkatiu2l5y.txt