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The market for CEOs
Cziraki, Peter; Jenter, Dirk - 2021
We study the market for CEOs of large publicly-traded US firms, analyze new CEOs' prior connections to the hiring firm, and explore how hiring choices are determined. Firms are hiring from a surprisingly small pool of candidates. More than 80% of new CEOs are insiders, defined as current or...
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Disentangling managerial incentives from a dynamic perspective : the role of stock grants
Hili, Amal; Laussel, Didier; Long, Ngo Van - 2016
We analyze the optimal contract between a risk-averse manager and the initial shareholders in a two-period model where the manager's investment effort, carried out in period 1, and her current effort, carried out in period 2, both impact the second-period profit, so that it may be difficult to...
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CEO compensation : evidence from the field
Edmans, Alex; Gosling, Tom; Jenter, Dirk - 2021
We survey directors and investors on the objectives, constraints, and determinants of CEO pay. 67% of directors would sacrifice shareholder value to avoid controversy on CEO pay, implying they face significant constraints other than participation and incentive compatibility. These constraints...
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Market competition or family ties : which prevails on Italian CEOs pay?
Graziano, Clara; Rondi, Laura - 2015 - This draft: June 8, 2015
The paper analyzes the interplay of product market competition and governance on CEO compensation in Italian listed firms from 2000 to 2011 and tests the impact of the 2007-08 financial crisis on pay-performance sensitivity. We argue that important differences both in the level of compensation...
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Do firms gain from managerial overconfidence? : the role of severance pay
Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2022
We analyze the effects of optimism and overconfidence when the manager's compensation package includes severance pay and the CEO has bargaining power. We find that optimism does not affect incentive pay but increases severance pay with a negative effect on profit. Overconfidence, on the...
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The diffusion of knowledge via manager's mobility
Mion, Giordano; Opromolla, Luca David; Sforza, Alessandro - 2016
Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when … managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge …-invariant ability of the manager as well as overall firm performance. We find that the export experience gained by managers in previous …
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Managerial hedging and portfolio monitoring
Bisin, Alberto (contributor); Gottardi, Piero (contributor);  … - 2004
Incentive compensation induces correlation between the portfolio of managers and the cash flow of the firms they manage …. This correlation exposes managers to risk and hence gives them an incentive to hedge against the poor performance of their …
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The effects of a bonus tax on manager compensation and welfare
Radulescu, Doina - 2010
managers between countries whereas in the second scenario relocation possibilities exist. Our findings show that the effort …
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Executive compensation : a survey of theory and evidence
Edmans, Alex; Gabaix, Xavier; Jenter, Dirk - 2017
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on executive compensation. We start by presenting data on the level of CEO and other top executive pay over time and across firms, the changing composition of pay; and the strength of executive incentives. We compare pay in U.S. public...
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What explains the rise in CEO pay in Germany? : a panel data analysis for 1977-2009
Fabbri, Francesca; Marin, Dalia - 2012
work for. We reject, however, the efficient pay hypothesis as CEO pay and the demand for managers increases in Germany in … difficult times when the typical firm size shrinks. We find further that domestic and global competition for managers has …
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