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This report is centered around three research questions on newspaper coverage and executive compensation in The Netherlands. 1) How has the coverage developed over the years? 2) How selective are newspapers in their coverage? And 3) What are the influences of newspaper coverage on executive...
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The debate about the compensation of executives and directors is a discussion about incentives and agency costs. This article analyzes basic tools to reduce agency costs and also assesses the ongoing debate about the future regulation of the compensation of executives and directors. It draws...
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managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge … the manager has acquired and successfully diffused to the new firm? In order to answer these questions we use information … related to specific activities the manager was involved in when working for previous firms. More specifically, we use …
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managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge … the manager has acquired and successfully diffused to the new firm? In order to answer these questions we use information … related to specific activities the manager was involved in when working for previous firms. More specifically, we use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580556
This paper assesses whether reducing ‘readability' is an effective obfuscation strategy for influencing the level of shareholder say-on-pay voting dissent in firms with excessive CEO pay. Based on a sample of UK-listed firms, our results indicate that in cases of excessive CEO pay, a less...
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The study was designed to evaluate the effect of executive compensation management on productivity among SMEs in Nigeria and make recommendations. Compensation is a primary motivator for employees who bring their labour in exchange for rewards. People look for jobs that not only suit their...
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Prodded by economists in the 1970s, corporate directors began adding stock options and bonuses to the already-generous salaries of CEOs with hopes of boosting their companies' fortunes. Guided by largely unproven assumptions, this trend continues today. So what are companies getting in return...
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This paper examines whether independent directors' compensation is associated with related party transactions (RPTs). We focus both on directors' total compensation and on their equity-based compensation. Employing hand-collected data for S&P 1500 firms, we find that independent directors'...
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This paper examines whether independent directors' compensation is associated with related party transactions (RPTs). We focus both on directors' total compensation and on their equity-based compensation. Employing hand-collected data for S&P 1500 firms, we find that independent directors'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012889256
This study empirically investigates the relationship between independent directors' cash compensation and the likelihood of corporate fraud. Using data of 2542 Chinese firms and 17239 firm years from 2010 to 2017, the findings of logistic regression, firm-fixed effects, instrumental variable...
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