This paper investigates the association between executive compensation and performance. It uniquely utilizes a comprehensive set of corporate governance mechanisms within a three-stage least squares (3SLS) simultaneous equation framework. Results based on estimating a conventional single...

This paper analyses the perceptions of managers on dividend policy by surveying the views of 125 Managers of 66 companies listed at Nepal Stock Exchange. This survey is motivated by the observation that much of dividend policy theory is implicitly based on a capital market perspective. Out of 66...

Developing banking standards is an important process for a country’s financial and economic well being. Their importance incites governments to insure the stability and the good performance of their banking systems. Accordingly, several researchers pay a particular attention to banking...

We administer psychometric tests to senior executives to obtain evidence on their underlying psychological traits and attitudes. We find US CEOs differ significantly from non-US CEOs in terms of their underlying attitudes. In addition, we find that CEOs are significantly more optimistic and...