Pay Me Later: Inside Debt and Its Role in Managerial Compensation
Though widely used in executive compensation, inside debt has been almost entirely overlooked by prior work. We initiate this research by studying CEO pension arrangements in 237 large capitalization firms. Among our findings are that CEO compensation exhibits a balance between debt and equity incentives; the balance shifts systematically away from equity and toward debt as CEOs grow older; annual increases in pension entitlements represent about 10% of overall CEO compensation, and about 13% for CEOs aged 61-65; CEOs with high debt incentives manage their firms conservatively; and pension compensation influences patterns of CEO turnover and cash compensation. Copyright 2007 by The American Finance Association.
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2007
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Authors: | SUNDARAM, RANGARAJAN K. ; YERMACK, DAVID L. |
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Journal of Finance. - American Finance Association - AFA, ISSN 1540-6261. - Vol. 62.2007, 4, p. 1551-1588
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American Finance Association - AFA |
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