Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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960114 | Journal of Financial Economics | 2006 | 38 Pages |
Abstract
We provide empirical evidence of a strong causal relation between managerial compensation and investment policy, debt policy, and firm risk. Controlling for CEO pay-performance sensitivity (delta) and the feedback effects of firm policy and risk on the managerial compensation scheme, we find that higher sensitivity of CEO wealth to stock volatility (vega) implements riskier policy choices, including relatively more investment in R&D, less investment in PPE, more focus, and higher leverage. We also find that riskier policy choices generally lead to compensation structures with higher vega and lower delta. Stock-return volatility has a positive effect on both vega and delta.
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Authors
Jeffrey L. Coles, Naveen D. Daniel, Lalitha Naveen,