When the market undergoes a learning process about a new issue, it takes time for the aggregate demand to converge to the equilibrium consistent with the stock's underlying fundamentals. As a result, the early market demand can deviate significantly from the sustainable demand. This problem...

According to the quot;keeping up with the Jonesquot; theory promulgated by compensation consultants, compensation disclosure is responsible for increases in executive pay levels. Jensen and Murphy (1990a), however, contend that disclosure is responsible for a decline in performance pay, as...

Himmelberg et al. (J. Financial Econom. 53 (1999) 353-384) argue that fixed effects estimators should be used in examination of the relationship between managerial ownership and firm performance. I show that managerial ownership, while substantially different across firms, typically changes...

Executive compensation of 755 Canadian firms is examined over the period 1991-95, and evidence is obtained consistent with previous studies: CEO pay rises with firm size and compensation is tied to company performance. In addition, executives in utilities earn lower pay, and their compensation...

In March 2010, Japanese regulators implemented the country's first legislation concerning the disclosure of director compensation for named individuals. Using the first publicly available data for Japanese executives, we document direct evidence on the level, structure, and mechanisms of CEO...