Exchange rate and other macroeconomic fluctuations can be considered sources of good or bad “luck” for corporate performance. Incentive effects of performance-based compensation for management may be weakened or biased by macroeconomic influences on remuneration depending on the ability of...

If managers are risk-averse and compensation schemes are not directly linked to shareholder wealth, incentives to allocate effort to manage effects of relative and macroeconomic shocks may be distorted. In this paper we develop a simple model to identify factors that determine the optimal...

Preface. 1. Macroeconomic Uncertainty in a Corporate Perspective. 2. Concepts of Macroeconomic Risk and Exposure. 3. Traditional Approaches to Measuring Macroeconomic Exposure. 4. Measuring Macroeconomic Impact on the Firm - a Comprehensive Approach. 5. Measuring Macroeconomic Exposure - The...