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This paper investigates how shocks to expected cash flows influence CEO incentive compensation. Exploiting changes in compliance with environmental regulations as shocks to expected future cash flows, we find that adverse shocks typically prompt corporate boards to recalibrate CEO compensation...
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-owned enterprise (SOE) performance evaluation policy. To improve capital allocative efficiency, in 2010, regulators switched from using … return on equity (ROE) to economic value added (EVA) when evaluating SOE performance. This EVA policy adopts a one …-specific costs of capital. We show that SOEs did respond to the performance evaluation reform by altering their investment decisions …
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We examine the performance of the offshore hedge fund industry over the period 1989 through 1995 using a database that … little evidence of differential manager skill. We develop endogenous style categories for relative fund performance measures …
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This paper introduces new nonparametric statistical methods to evaluate zero-cost investment strategies. We focus on directional trading strategies, risk-adjusted returns, and the investor's decisions under uncertainty as the core of our analysis. By relying on classification tools with a long...
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disclosures, managers' pay is primarily driven by Assets Under Management (AUM), with performance influencing compensation only … elements alter bonuses. Crucially, fund flows, as opposed to fund performance, exert a strong impact on the career outcomes of …
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Institutional investors conduct more governance research and are less likely to follow proxy advisor vote recommendations when a company's bonds comprise a larger share of their assets. These findings are driven by bond holdings, shareholder proposals, and companies where fixed-income managers...
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This paper studies institutional investors' decision-making using novel data from a major proxy advisor. We highlight the significant role of customized proxy advice in shaping shareholders' voting decisions. About 80% of funds receive customized advice, and custom recommendations differ...
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Traditionally, fund managers cast votes on behalf of investors whose capital they manage. Recently, this system has come under intense debate given the growing concentration of voting power among a few asset managers and disagreements over environmental and social issues. Major fund managers now...
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