Managerial Ownership, Incentive Contracting, and the Use of Zero-Cost Collars and Equity Swaps by Corporate Insiders
Zero-cost collars and equity swaps provide insiders with the opportunity to hedge the risk associated with their personal holdings in the company's equity. Consequently, their use has important implications for incentive-based contracting and for understanding insider trading behavior. Our analysis indicates that these transactions generally involve high-ranking insiders and effectively reduce their ownership by about 25%, on average. Given the potential of these financial instruments to substantially alter the incentive alignment between managers and shareholders, we suggest that increasing the transparency of these transactions may provide valuable information to investors.
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2001
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Authors: | Bettis, J. Carr ; Bizjak, John M. ; Lemmon, Michael L. |
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. - Cambridge University Press. - Vol. 36.2001, 03, p. 345-370
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Cambridge University Press |
Description of contents: | Abstract [journals.cambridge.org] |
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