In this study, we examine the three components of executive compensation including salary, equity, and bonus pay over a CEO’s tenure for US publicly-traded firms. We confirm a positive and significant relationship between two separate measures of firm performance and incentive pay. We also...

This study presents a review of theoretical concepts described in the literature that explain how corporate events might be perceived by investors. The theoretical discussion in this paper is related to three corporate events: CEO turnovers, dividend payouts, and block trades. The objective of...