Thanassoulis, John E. - 2018
If a bank might be too-big-to-fail, then shareholders' optimal compensation contract encourages the executive to risk …-shift on to the taxpayer. Standard risk-reducing regulatory compensation rules -- deferred pay, equity-linked pay, debt …-like instruments in pay -- do not fully correct for excessive risk-taking caused by too-big-to-fail. By contrast, clawback regulations …