This paper investigates employee performance appraisals using data from a single US firm between 2001 and 2007. We find that performance appraisals are both informative and drive important components of the employment contract. We find that employee appraisal scores vary considerably both...

This paper investigates the relation between foreign experience and CEO compensation. Using a sample of large UK firms from the FTSE 350 index from 2003 to 2011, we find that foreign-born CEOs and national CEOs with foreign working experience receive significantly higher levels of total...

This study investigates the relation between CEO compensation and corporate fraud in China. We document a significantly negative correlation between CEO compensation and corporate fraud using data on publicly traded firms between 2005 and 2010. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis...