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All hat and no cattle? : ESG incentives in executive compensation

Efing, Matthias; Ehmann, Stefanie; Kampkötter, Patrick; … - 2024

This paper examines the integration of ESG performance metrics into executive compensation using a detailed panel dataset of European executives. Despite becoming more widespread, most ESG metrics are largely discretionary, carry immaterial weights in payout calculations, and contribute little...

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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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Executive compensation : a survey of theory and evidence

Edmans, Alex; Gabaix, Xavier; Jenter, Dirk - 2017

by executives, and institutional factors such as regulation, taxation, and accounting policy. We confront each hypothesis …

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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 … contributed to the rise in executive pay in Germany. Lastly, we show that CEOs in the banking sector are provided with incentives …

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Disentangling managerial incentives from a dynamic perspective : the role of stock grants

Hili, Amal; Laussel, Didier; Long, Ngo Van - 2016

stipulates (a) the profit-contingent cash remuneration for each period, (b) the number of shares that will be granted to the …

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Do employees benefit from worker representation on corporate boards?

Blandhol, Christine; Mogstad, Magne; Nilsson, J. Peter; … - 2020

Do employees benefit from worker representation on corporate boards? Economists and policymakers are keenly interested in this question – especially lately, as worker representation is widely promoted as an important way to ensure the interests and views of the workers. To investigate this...

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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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Optimal delegation when the large shareholder has multiple tasks

Graziano, Clara; Luporini, Annalisa - 2010

We analyze the optimal ownership, delegation and compensation structures when a manager is hired to run a firm and to gather information on investment projects. The initial owner has two tasks: monitoring the manager and supervising project choice. Optimality would require a large ownership...

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How much sunlight does it take to disinfect a boardroom? : a short history of executive compensation regulation

Dew-Becker, Ian (contributor) - 2008

This paper reviews the history of executive compensation disclosure and other government policies affecting CEO pay, and as well surveys the literature on the effects of these policies. Disclosure has increased nearly uniformly since 1933. A number of other regulations, including special taxes...

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