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Moneycracy
Fedele, Alessandro; Giannoccolo, Pierpaolo - 2013
How do wage and other financial benefits affect the set of candidates for political office? In this theoretical paper, we answer the question by studying self-selection into politics of individuals with heterogeneous skills and heterogeneous motivations. Our predictions are in line with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730987
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The Demand for Executive Skills
Hansen, Stephen; Ramdas, Tejas; Sadun, Raffaella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We use a unique corpus of job descriptions for C-suite positions to document skills requirements in top managerial occupations across a large sample of firms. A novel algorithm maps the text of each executive search into six separate skill clusters reflecting cognitive, interpersonal, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585443
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Unions and the labor market for managers
DiNardo, John E.; Hallock, Kevin F.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2000
unionization in an industry and region and a higher union wage differential are associated with fewer managers. (2) Managers wages …We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … unionized workforce. We develop a simple efficiency wage model, with a tradeoff between higher wages for workers and more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333286
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High-water marks - high risk apetites? : convex compensation, long horizons and portfolio choice
Panageas, Stauros (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726859
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Shareholder rights, boards, and CEO compensation
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger (contributor) - 2008 - This draft: February 12, 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730068
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Is Executive Compensation Shaped by Public Attitudes?
Kuhnen, Camelia M. (contributor);  … - 2008
pay is lower across all types of compensation. Therefore, by changing the incentives faced by managers, social norms may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003783627
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Not so lucky any more : CEO compensation in financially distressed firms
Kang, Qiang (contributor); Mitnik, Oscar A. (contributor) - 2008
There is a debate on whether executive pay reflects rent extraction due to "managerial power" or is the result of arms-length bargaining in a principal-agent framework. In this paper we offer a test of the managerial power hypothesis by empirically examining the CEO compensation of U.S. public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779098
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Why has CEO pay increased so much?
Gabaix, Xavier; Landier, Augustin - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355303
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Bank CEO incentives and the credit crisis
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger; Stulz, René M. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003862259
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Bank CEO incentives and the credit crisis
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger; Stulz, René M. - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003869242