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been made to understand the size, quality, and efficiency of the labor market for CEO talent, which is a key determinant of …
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, risk and efficiency. Compensation analyses show strong variation in compensation schemes between banks and bank divisions …
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This paper investigates the effect of superstar CEOs on their competitors. Exploiting shocks to CEO status due to prestigious media awards, we document a significant positive stock market performance of competitors of superstar CEOs subsequent to the award. The effect is more pronounced for...
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Influenced by their compensation plans, CEOs make their own luck through decisions that affect future firm risk. After adopting a relative performance evaluation (RPE) plan, total and idiosyncratic risk are higher, and the correlation between firm and industry performance is lower. The opposite...
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We study the market for CEOs of large publicly-traded US firms, analyze new CEOs' prior connections to the hiring firm, and explore how hiring choices are determined. Firms are hiring from a surprisingly small pool of candidates. More than 80% of new CEOs are insiders, defined as current or...
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We develop a model of managerial compensation structure and asset risk choice. The model provides predictions about how inside debt features affect the relation between credit spreads and compensation components. First, inside debt reduces credit spreads only if it is unsecured. Second, inside...
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their managers. Increases in managerial reservation wages lead to a reduction in corporate governance investments and a rise … in performance compensation since monitoring managers becomes less efficient. Using data on CEO compensation and …
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their managers. Increases in managerial reservation wages lead to a reduction in corporate governance investments and a rise … in performance compensation since monitoring managers becomes less efficient. Using data on CEO compensation and …
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We provide evidence that CEO equity incentives, especially stock options, influence stock liquidity risk via information disclosure quality. We document a negative association between CEO options and the quality of future managerial disclosure policy. Contributing to the literature on CEO...
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recent developments with respect to compensation practices of top-level managers have opened a public debate about the use of … instruments for regulating compensation of those managers. The investigation follows an analytical economics-based approach by …
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