performance is positive and strong prior to distress, but declines and becomes insignificant when firms are in distress. However …, the relationship of pay to cash flow performance remains positive for distressed firms. Directly examining the ex … providing incentives oriented toward improving cash flows. Specifically, distressed firms increase their use of performance …

An appropriate measure of corporate performance is believed to be highly correlated to firm value on one hand and … paper examines the power of select performance measures in discriminating the Positive and Negative Value creation of the … companiesExamination of the discriminating power of the performance measures for the pooled cross section of data reveals that the EVA has …

We offer evidence that the use of Relative Performance Evaluation (RPE) in CEOs' incentive contracts influences the … RPE filters out the systematic component of firm performance. We also document that the use of RPE reinforces the …

the collection and use of information for the purpose of subjective performance evaluation. I find that managers with self …-evaluations afterwards. My findings increase our knowledge about the role of subjective performance evaluations in modern organizational …

remedy to the problem, proposed a firm's commitment to incomplete use of past performance in setting future targets. In this … achievement level, the type of a performance measure, and the importance weight. Using a confidential dataset that consists of 1 …,208 performance-measure-year observations with the complete set of information including targets, actual performance, and importance …

We model relative performance evaluation (RPE) when a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has the power to opportunistically … benefits of receiving a higher bonus by economizing on expected peer-group performance. The Board of Directors (BoD) is less … CEOs choose to reduce common risk only partially and that BoDs choose to not implement RPE if expected peer performance is …

This study examines the effect of relative performance evaluation (RPE) on firm performance and risk-taking behavior … when firm performance is exposed to common shocks. I find that among firms with high common risk exposure, RPE firms are … associated with higher firm performance than non-RPE firms. However, among firms with low common risk exposure, I find no …

performance is rewarded or individual performance is rewarded. Pre-decision information only affects agents’ incentives, which in … turn depend on the type of performance evaluation system. With public information and group performance measures, the … high state is more informative, so the principal prefers to be able to distinguish the states. With individual performance …

can use compensation awards that increase managerial performance incentives (delta) and risk-taking incentives (vega) in …