Eisdorfer, Assaf; Giaccotto, Carmelo; White, Reilly - In: Journal of Banking & Finance 37 (2013) 2, pp. 549-562
affects the quality of the firm’s investment decisions. A larger leverage gap (i.e., a bigger difference between these two … ratios) leads to more investment distortions. Managers with more debt-like compensation components tend to under …-invest, whereas managers with larger equity-based compensation engage more in over-investment. Furthermore, investment distortion is …