Ordinary least squares (OLS) estimates are frequently used to measure the effects of managerial incentives on corporate …

%. The Pay Gap between the CEO and its subordinate executives (tournament incentives) also plays a major role in lowering IPO … failure risk. The effectiveness of CEO pay is strengthened among well-governed firms, whereas tournament incentives are …

This paper examines how changes in CEO risk-taking incentives are associated with changes in the use of relative … that risk-taking incentives and option grants declined following FAS 123R using a within-firm design, but not a within …-CEO-firm design. Decreased risk-taking incentives lead executives to invest in projects with lower systematic risk and can result in …

This paper examines the relation between tournament incentives and reserve management. We find a positive relation … between internal tournament incentives and reserve errors, implying that a larger pay gap as a tournament prize induces vice … profitability. In addition, we find the impact of internal tournament incentives on the reserve error is more pronounced for larger …

prize of winning external promotion tournaments, we document a positive relationship between external tournament incentives …

incentives - motivate a worker by adopting leadership styles that differ in their non-monetary consequences for the worker's well …