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The Degradation of Distorted Performance Measures
Sloof, Randolph; van Praag, Mirjam - 2008
and reward the performance of management boards. We use a difference-in-difference approach to account for (a) changes in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325988
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Incentive contracts and hedge fund management
Hodder, James E.; Jackwerth, Jens Carsten - 2005
examine the effects of variations on a compensation structure that includes a percentage management fee, a performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266924
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The Effects of Performance Measurement and Compensation on Motivation
van Herpen, Marco; van Praag, C. Mirjam; Cools, Kees - 2003
This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between pay and performance. Economic and psychological theories predict that the design and implementation of a performance measurement and compensation system affect the motivation of employees. Our survey results demonstrate a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325033
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Verringern Management-Entlohnungskosten die Agency-Kosten? Empirische Evidenz von netzwerkorientierten und marktorientierten Unternehmenskontrollsystemen
Crespi-Cladera, Rafel; Gispert, Carles; Renneboog, Luc - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 234-246
management. It should be noted that share prices trigger increases in CEO remuneration only if the share price returns are higher …, the lack of blockholders gives management more …
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How to Avoid Compensating CEO for Luck: The Case of Microeconomic Fluctuations
Oxelheim, Lars; Wihlborg, Clas; Zhang, Jianhua - 2010
Incentive effects of performance-based compensation schemes for management may be weakened or biased by macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320333
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The effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on CEO pay for luck
Paligorova, Teodora - 2008
According to the rent-extraction hypothesis, weak corporate governance allows entrenched CEOs to capture the pay-setting process and benefit from events outside of their controlget paid for luck. In this paper, I find that the independence requirement imposed on boards of directors by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280049
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Bonus payments and fund managers' behavior: Trans-Atlantic evidence
Gehrig, Thomas P.; Lütje, Torben; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2008
This questionnaire survey of fund managers in the United States, Germany and Switzerland documents a distinctly … significantly related to higher working effort but not to risk taking. They also seem to induce fund managers to rely more on … fundamental information. Findings within regions are confirmed by Trans-Atlantic evidence as US fund managers receive larger …
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Base salaries, bonus payments, and work absence among managers in a German company
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
bonuses under a Management-by-Objectives (MBO) incentive scheme. Six years of personnel data of 177 managers in a German …' Human Resource Management as well as for economics in general and labor economics in particular. This paper provides scarce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294492
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Director's Incentives in Japan and the UK
Kubo, Katsuyuki - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 70 (2001) 2, pp. 228-232
As it is widely believed that the behaviour of large Japanese companies is different from that of their British counterparts, hypothesises that the directors in both countries may have different financial incentives. The research estimates the determinants of executive compensation, using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377534
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Base salaries, bonus payments, and work absence among managers in a German company
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
bonuses under a Management-by-Objectives (MBO) incentive scheme. Six years of personnel data of 177 managers in a German …' Human Resource Management as well as for economics in general and labor economics in particular. This paper provides scarce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291414