We utilize information only recently disclosed on Form 990 to examine the use and consequences of incentive pay at nonprofit organizations. While not used as frequently as in for-profit firms, bonuses are common in nonprofits, as we observe them in approximately 44 percent of our firm-year...

We document perquisite use in the nonprofit sector, the determinants of that use, and the ensuing consequences. Relative to the for-profit sector, the nonprofit sector is characterized by a lack of residual ownership rights and less detailed disclosure requirements, factors that have the...

We utilize information only recently disclosed on Form 990 to examine the use, and consequences of, incentive pay at nonprofit organizations. Bonuses are common in nonprofits, as we observe that approximately 45 percent of the forty-four thousand organization-year observations in our sample...