In this paper we examine changes in the relationship between bank risk and the structure of bank CEO compensation following the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. Using a diff-in-diff methodology, we find significant differences between high and low pay-risk sensitivity banks....

Debate on the issue of executive pay has intensified after the UK Government published a Green Paper in November 2016 (Green Paper), which discussed, among other things, several concerns with the current regime on executive pay and possible options for reform. In view of the potentially...