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Say on Pay Votes and CEO Compensation : Evidence from the UK

Ferri, Fabrizio - 2011

We examine the effect of say on pay regulation in the United Kingdom (UK). Consistent with the view that shareholders regard say on pay as a value-creating mechanism, the regulation's announcement triggered a positive stock price reaction at firms with weak penalties for poor performance. UK...

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Executive Pay at Ailing Banks and Beyond : A European Perspective

Ferrarini, Guido - 2010

Suisse.• The article analyses how the debate extended internationally to the whole banking sector, with managers' pay …

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CEO Education, CEO Turnover, and Firm Performance

Bhagat, Sanjai - 2010

This paper analyzes the relationship between CEO education, CEO turnover and firm performance. Our primary interest is …,600 cases of CEO turnover from 1993-2007.Our results show that CEO education does not play a large role in the decision by a …

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Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay

Fried, Jesse M. - 2011

This Article identifies a cost to public investors of tying executive pay to the future value of a firm's stock - even its long-term value. In particular, such an arrangement can incentivize executives to engage in share repurchases (when the current stock price is low) and equity issuances...

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Share Repurchases, Equity Issuances, and the Optimal Design of Executive Pay

Fried, Jesse M. - 2011

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Stock Performance or Entrenchment? The Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on CEO Compensation

Kumar, Praveen - 2012

Using a large sample of U.S. acquiring and non-acquiring firms and covering a broad sample of transactions, we examine the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on CEO compensation during 1993-2006, a period of intense M&A activity. We alleviate endogeneity concerns through dynamic panel...

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Executive Compensation : Where We are, and How We Got There

Murphy, Kevin J. - 2012

In this study, I summarize the current state of executive compensation, discuss measurement and incentive issues, document recent trends in executive pay in both U.S. and international firms, and analyze the evolution of executive pay over the past century. Most recent analyses of executive...

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Beyond the CFO and Accrual Decisions : An Examination of Individual Audit Committee Chairs, CEOS, and CFOs and Their Influence on Reporting and Operating Decisions

Lawson, Bradley - 2013

We examine whether managers besides the CFO have 'styles' that affect firms' reporting and operating decisions …. Last, we provide evidence that certain observable demographic measures explain some of the managers' decisions. These … results add to the literature because they suggest that managers besides the CFO can significantly influence reporting and …

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Executive Networks and Firm Policies : Evidence from the Random Assignment of MBA Peers

Shue, Kelly - 2013

Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to sections at Harvard Business School, I explore how executive peer networks can affect managerial decision-making and firm policies. Within an HBS class, firm outcomes are significantly more similar among graduates from the same section...

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Directors' Remuneration Before and after the Crisis : Measuring the Impact of Reforms in Europe

Barontini, Roberto - 2014

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