This paper examines the determinants of stock option introduction as a part of CEO compensation in listed US firms during the 1994-2004 period. The results are consistent with agency costs and recruiting considerations, and suggest that firms do not adjust CEO compensation in order to address...

The authors examine the effects of taxation on financing policy using the corporate tax reform in 2001 in Croatia as a natural experiment. Since the extant literature on tax effects on capital structure studies listed firms in developed countries, it is worth investigating whether the same...

We examine the effects of taxation on financing policy using the corporate tax reform in 2001 in Croatia as a quasi-natural experiment. Since the extant literature on tax effects on capital structure studies listed firms in developed countries, it is worth investigating whether the same results...

This paper examines the relation between founder status and CEO compensation in publicly listed US firms. The results suggest that CEO/founders receive lower cash pay and total compensation compared to professional managers. In contrast, CEOs who are relatives of the founders receive similar...

This paper uses loan-level data to investigate heterogeneity in loan prepayment incidence, and argues that refinancing is affected by a mortgage pricing convention that underestimates co-borrowers' actual creditworthiness. Specifically, we find a substantial difference in prepayment incidence...

Public sector employees have long been considered to be more risk-averse when compared with their private sector counterparts. Using data from mortgage applications, we offer novel evidence that casts doubt on this conventional view. After accounting for differences in applicants' demographic...