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Stock Options as Incentive Contract and Dividend Policy
Gillenkirch, Robert M.; Arnold, Markus C. - 2002
repurchases. Yet, few suggestions have been made on how to account for dividends in SOPs. This paper applies arguments from … results in a significant decrease in the level of corporate dividends and, at the same time, into an increase in share … between share repurchases and SOPs. …
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CEO inside debt, market structure and payout policy
Sheikh, Shahbaz - In: International review of financial analysis 76 (2021), pp. 1-16
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How do powerful CEOs view dividends and stock repurchases? : evidence from the CEO pay slice (CPS)
Pandej Chintrakarn; Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard; Tong, … - In: International review of economics & finance : IREF 58 (2018), pp. 49-64
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CEO preferences and acquisitions
Jenter, Dirk; Lewellen, Katharina - 2011 - This draft: December 2011
This paper explores the impact of target CEOs' retirement preferences on takeovers. Using retirement age as proxy for CEOs' private merger costs, we find strong evidence that target CEOs' preferences affect merger activity. The likelihood of receiving a successful takeover bid is sharply higher...
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Executive Compensation, Share Repurchases and Investment Expenditures : Econometric Evidence from U.S. Firms
Bhargava, Alok - 2011
on firms' share repurchases and research and development and investment expenditures were investigated, taking into …-to-book value, and share repurchases were positively associated with the values of stock options granted. Second, stock options … exercised in the previous year were significant predictors of share repurchases indicating that firms avoided dilution of …
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Agency Costs in the Era of Economic Crisis – The Enhanced Connection between CEO Compensation and Corporate Cash Holdings
Ganor, Mira - 2012
This Article reports results of an empirical study that suggests that the current economic crisis has changed managerial behavior in the US in a way that may impede economic recovery. The study finds a strong, statistically significant and economically meaningful, positive correlation between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114205
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Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay
Fried, Jesse M. - 2011
its long-term value. In particular, such an arrangement can incentivize executives to engage in share repurchases (when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123251
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Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay
Fried, Jesse M. - 2011
its long-term value. In particular, such an arrangement can incentivize executives to engage in share repurchases (when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125003
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Managerial Incentives, Financial Constraints and Ownership Concentration
Protopapa, Marco - 2011
This work investigates the role of equity ownership for the purpose of committing the management to the pursuit of shareholder value in the presence of separation between ownership and control. By rooting the conflicts of interests between managers and shareholders upon the control of internal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125625
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Stock Option Awards : Effects on Firm Performance and Risk-Taking after Japan’s Corporate Governance Reforms
Kim, Hyonok - 2012
We empirically investigate the adoption of stock option plans in Japan after the corporate governance reforms of the early 2000s. We examine the determinants of stock option grants, especially focusing on the effects of herding behavior among Japanese firms and the change of accounting treatment...
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