Stock-based compensation and CEO (dis)incentives:

Stock-based compensation is the standard solution to agency problems between shareholders and managers. In a dynamic rational expectations equilibrium model with asymmetric information we show that although stock-based compensation causes managers to work harder, it also induces them to hide any wor...

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Hauptverfasser: Benmelech, Efraim (VerfasserIn), Kandel, Eugene 1959- (VerfasserIn), Veronesi, Pietro 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Centre for Economic Policy Research 2007
Schriftenreihe:Discussion paper / Centre for Economic Policy Research 6515 : Financial economics
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Zusammenfassung:Stock-based compensation is the standard solution to agency problems between shareholders and managers. In a dynamic rational expectations equilibrium model with asymmetric information we show that although stock-based compensation causes managers to work harder, it also induces them to hide any worsening of the firm's investment opportunities by following largely sub-optimal investment policies. This problem is especially severe for growth firms, whose stock prices then become over-valued while managers hide the bad news to shareholders. We find that a firm-specific compensation package based on both stock and earnings performance instead induces a combination of high effort, truth revelation and optimal investments. The model produces numerous predictions that are consistent with the empirical evidence.
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