In this article, we analyze whether the manipulation of stock options still continues to this day. Our evidence shows that executives continue to employ a variety of manipulative devices to increase their compensation, including backdating, bullet-dodging, and spring- loading. Overall, we find...

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...