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Reputation, tenure and compensation of independent audit committee members and financial restatements
Sharma, Vineeta D; Iselin, Errol R - 2006
We investigate the association between the reputation, tenure and cash compensation of independent audit committee … (ii) the cash compensation paid to independent audit committee members. Our results suggest that independent audit … financial statements are of high quality. Our findings on compensation suggest that monetary incentives motivate independent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441657
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Using Panel Data to Estimate the Economic Determinants of CEO Compensation
Gius, Mark - 2007
determinants of CEO compensation. Examining 975 CEO’s over the period 1992-2002, the present study finds that experience had a … positive effect on CEO pay, while industry specific dummy variables had little, if any, effect on compensation. Performance … present study indicate that experience is one of the most important factors affecting CEO compensation. Gender was not found …
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Board composition and corporate performance: How the Australian experience informs contrasting theories of corporate governance
Kiel, Geoffrey C.; Nicholson, Gavin J. - 2003
In many respects, Australian boards more closely approach normative best practice guidelines for corporate governance than boards in other Western countries. Do Australian firms then demonstrate a board demographic-organisational performance link that has not been found in other economies? We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447876
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The impact of CEO option grants on firm value: determinants of the effectiveness of option grants
Strawser, Robert H. (contributor) - 2006
The significance of stock options as a component of executive compensationhas fluctuated dramatically over the past decade. The purpose of this study is to investigatedeterminants of the effectiveness of stock option grants. These option grants areconsidered to be effective if they accomplish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464816
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Two essays on incentives
Johnson, Shane A. (contributor) - 2008
covenant hypothesis".I next examine the incentives that CEOs have to increase firm value that resultfrom their compensation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464915
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For The Many of The Few?
Wong, Wai Kin - 2011
Recent studies [Bebchuk and Fried (2002)] have shown that managerial power and negotiations play important roles in the design of executive pay arrangements, suggesting that some CEOs may extract greater economic rent from shareholders when provided with the opportunity. This paper seeks to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466153
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Activist Investor Impact on CEO Compensation of Investment Targets
Zacharias, Eric - 2010
This paper examines the “activist effect” on the levels and structures of CEO compensation when a company is targeted … why compensation changes are a logical focus for extension of the previous research. The study is based on a sample of … in total CEO compensation achieved through a change in compensation structure. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468734
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Incentives in Professional Tennis: Tournament Theory and Intangible Factors
Silverman, Joshua; Seidel, Steven - 2011
This paper analyzes the incentives of professional tennis players in a tournament setting, as a proxy for workers in a firm. Previous studies have asserted that workers exert more effort when monetary incentives are increased, and that effort is maximized when marginal pay dispersion varies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475481
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Transition on the Shop Floor - The Restructuring of a Weaving Mill, Hungary 1988-97
Köll?, János - 2004
While a variety of studies analysed the benign effects of privatisation on firm performance under post-socialist transition using financial data very little is known about how the apparent productivity gains were achieved. This paper follows a weaving mill from 1998 to 1997 on its way of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477058
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Returns to Managerial and Technical Competencies of IT Professionals: An Empirical Analysis
Mithas, Sunil - 2004
professionals in the non-profit and governmental sector receive less compensation compared to their counterparts in the for … inequalities on the basis of gender and male IT professionals receive 7.8% more in total compensation than their female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477306