1.
Executive Compensation: Where We are, and How We Got There
George Constantinides, Milton Harris, and René Stulz (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Finance. Elsevier Science North Holland (Forthcoming), Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 07.12
Number of pages: 179
Posted: 17 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 13 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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9,661
2.
The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance
Management Science, Volume 60, Issue 11, pp. 2835-2857, February 2014
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 25 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School, London Business School - Department of Strategic & International Management and Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance
Management Science, Volume 60, Issue 11, pp. 2835-2857, February 2014
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 25 Nov 2011
Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Downloads
9,236
The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance
NBER Working Paper No. w17950
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 31 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 19 Jul 2021
Downloads
198
Downloads
9,236
3.
Calculation of Compensation Incentives and Firm-Related Wealth Using Execucomp: Data, Program, and Explanation
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 27 Jul 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Utah - Department of Finance, Drexel University - Department of Finance and Temple University - Department of Finance
Downloads
5,844
4.
Do Agents Game Their Agents' Behavior? Evidence from Sales Managers
Benson, Alan. "Do Agents Game Their Agents' Behavior? Evidence from Sales manages." Journal of Labor Economics, 33(4): 863-90.
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Mar 2013
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2019
Accepted Paper Series
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Downloads
5,311
5.
Performance Measurement Using Balanced Score Card
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 19 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
Accepted Paper Series
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad
Downloads
5,256
6.
CEO Compensation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 01 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Northwestern University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance
There are 4 versions of this paper
CEO Compensation
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 77
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 01 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2010
Downloads
5,047
Downloads
410
CEO Compensation
NBER Working Paper No. w16585
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 06 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2021
Downloads
73
Downloads
5,047
7.
The Enron Scandal (Slides)
Number of pages: 101
Posted: 04 Jun 2007
Last Revised: 14 May 2009
Working Paper Series
Hodak Value AdvisorsNew York University (NYU) - Markets, Ethics & Law (MEL) Program
Downloads
4,527
8.
Why Do Corporate Managers Misstate Financial Statements? the Role of Option Compensation and Other Factors
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 06 May 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Texas at Arlington, University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business and Texas A&M University - Mays Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Why Do Corporate Managers Misstate Financial Statements? the Role of Option Compensation and Other Factors
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 06 May 2005
Downloads
4,246
Why do Corporate Managers Misstate Financial Statements? The Role of Option Compensation and Other Factors
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 85, No. 3, pp. 667-708, September
Posted: 08 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 19 Feb 2008
Downloads
4,246
9.
CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper 12-022, Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 02-11
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 30 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Harvard Business School
Downloads
4,241
10.
What Enron Means for the Management and Control of the Modern Business Corporation: Some Initial Reflections
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 12 Apr 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia Law School
Downloads
3,815
11.
The Incentives for Tax Planning
Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 53, Issues 1–2, (Feb–April 2012): 391-411. , Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 56, Stanford Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 2032
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 10 Jun 2009
Last Revised: 06 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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3,619
12.
Corporate Governance and Executive Remuneration: Rediscovering Managerial Positional Conflict
University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol. 25, p. 294, 2002, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 03-02
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 11 Feb 2003
Last Revised: 03 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
Monash University - Faculty of Law and Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Downloads
3,525
13.
Sec Rule 10b5-1 and Insiders' Strategic Trade
Management Science, February 2009
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 07 May 2004
Last Revised: 09 Feb 2010
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of BusinessUniversity of Colorado - Leeds School of BusinessUniversity of Cambridge Judge Business School
Downloads
3,324
14.
Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?
CRSP Working Paper No. 615, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 20 Sep 2006
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?
CRSP Working Paper No. 615, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 67
Posted: 20 Sep 2006
Downloads
3,125
Wall Street and Main Street: What Contributes to the Rise in the Highest Incomes?
NBER Working Paper No. w13270
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 23 Jul 2007
Last Revised: 06 Oct 2021
Downloads
75
Downloads
3,125
15.
Warnings from the Enron Message Board
Journal of Investing, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 29-52, Fall 2002
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 25 Jul 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Central Michigan University - Department of Finance and Law and Mississippi Valley State University
Downloads
3,033
16.
Financial Accounting and Corporate Behavior
Boston Univ. School of Law Working Paper No. 06-05
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 29 Mar 2006
Working Paper Series
Boston University School of Law
Downloads
2,832
17.
Equity Risk Incentives and Corporate Tax Aggressiveness
Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 04 Feb 2009
Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and University of Oregon
Downloads
2,708
18.
Equity Vesting and Investment
Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 379/2013, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 27 May 2013
Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Accepted Paper Series
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Equity Vesting and Investment
Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 379/2013, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 27 May 2013
Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
Downloads
2,657
Equity Vesting and Managerial Myopia
NBER Working Paper No. w19407
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021
Downloads
48
Equity Vesting and Managerial Myopia
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10145
Number of pages: 54
Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Downloads
1
Downloads
2,657
19.
Stock Options, Restricted Stock, and Incentives
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 03 May 2004
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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2,619
20.
Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1767, William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 690
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 24 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
Colgate University - Economics Department and Colgate University - Economics Department
Downloads
2,502
21.
Executive Compensation: If There's a Problem, What's the Remedy? The Case for "Compensation Discussion and Analysis"
Journal of Corporation Law, Summer, 2006, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 273, Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 05-90, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 35/2005
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 12 Apr 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia Law School
Downloads
2,482
22.
Motivating Innovation
Journal of Finance, vol. 66, pp. 1823-1869, 2011, AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 21 Mar 2006
Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads
2,389
23.
How Important are Risk-Taking Incentives in Executive Compensation?
Review of Finance, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 1805-1846, 2017, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 473/2016
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 26 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 24 Feb 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), National Chung Cheng University and Oslo and Akershus University College - Oslo Metropolitan University
Downloads
2,355
24.
Performance Evaluation, Economic Value Added and Managerial Behaviour
PES Business Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2006
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Accepted Paper Series
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University
Downloads
2,353
25.
An Agency Theory of Conservative Accrual Accounting
Simon School Working Paper No. FR 09-11
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 13 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 26 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Rochester - Simon Business School
Downloads
2,320
26.
Lower Salaries and No Options? On the Optimal Structure of Executive Pay
Journal of Finance, Vol. 62, Issue 1, pp. 303-343, 2007, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 32/2003, EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 07 Aug 2005
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim Business School
Downloads
2,314
27.
New Trends in the Regulation of Executive Remuneration
DIRECTORS IN TROUBLED TIMES, pp. 100-123, R. P. Austin and A. Y. Bilski, eds., Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, 2009, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/22, Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-05, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 142/2010
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 08 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 03 Jun 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Monash University - Faculty of Law
Downloads
2,210
28.
Financial Performance Measures and Value Creation: A Review
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 28 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 09 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
Roma Tre University - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,170
29.
'Say on Pay': Cautionary Notes on the UK Experience and the Case for Shareholder Opt-In
Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 336, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 117/2009
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 15 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 11 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Columbia Law School
Downloads
2,167
30.
The Politics of Pay: A Legislative History of Executive Compensation
Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 01.11
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 26 Aug 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads
2,167
31.
Sticks or Carrots? Optimal CEO Compensation when Managers are Loss-Averse
Journal of Finance, Vol. 65, No. 6, pp. 2015-2050, 2010
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 14 Jul 2006
Last Revised: 19 Dec 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Mannheim - Business School
Downloads
2,161
32.
The Agency Cost of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 04-29
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 28 Oct 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Business School
There are 4 versions of this paper
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 39/2004, Harvard Business School NOM Working Paper No. 04-26, Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 29 Mar 2004
Last Revised: 06 May 2009
Downloads
9,654
The Agency Cost of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance
Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 04-29
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 28 Oct 2004
Downloads
2,078
The Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity and the Current State of Corporate Finance
European Financial Management, Vol. 10, pp. 549-565, December 2004
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 30 Nov 2004
Downloads
28
Agency Costs of Overvalued Equity
Financial Management, Vol. 34, No. 1, Spring 2005
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 24 Apr 2005
Downloads
20
Downloads
2,078
33.
The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives
Journal of Accounting Research, forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 527/2017
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 04 Oct 2021
Accepted Paper Series
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Department of Accounting
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives
Journal of Accounting Research, forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 527/2017
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Last Revised: 04 Oct 2021
Downloads
2,069
The Long-Term Consequences of Short-Term Incentives
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12305
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 20 Sep 2017
Downloads
2,069
34.
Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 29 May 2004
Working Paper Series
Brandeis International Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit
There are 2 versions of this paper
Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 29 May 2004
Downloads
2,033
Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions and Managerial Investment Decisions
EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 4245
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 18 Jun 2004
Downloads
412
Downloads
2,033
35.
Ten Myths of 'Say on Pay'
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-26
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 27 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 03 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of Navarra, IESE Business School and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
2,007
36.
Understanding Directors' Pay in Europe: A Comparative and Empirical Analysis
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 126/2009
Number of pages: 99
Posted: 22 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 14 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, London School of Economics - Law Department and Genoa Centre for Law and Finance, University of GenoaSodali
Downloads
1,988
37.
Clawback Provisions
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 19 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 16 Jul 2017
Working Paper Series
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Texas Christian University and University of Utah - Department of Finance
Downloads
1,868
38.
Executive Pay and 'Independent' Compensation Consultants
Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 10-09, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 21 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 24 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Harvard Business School - Accounting and Control
Downloads
1,862
39.
Income Tax Deductions for Charitable Bequests of IRD
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 26 Sep 2015
Last Revised: 06 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Missouri at Kansas City - School of Law
Downloads
1,821
40.
Chief Executive Officer Equity Incentives and Accounting Irregularities
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 4, Journal of Accounting Research, Chicago, Vol. 48, No. 2, p. 225, May 2010
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 12 May 2008
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Stanford University - Graduate School of BusinessUniversity of Colorado - Leeds School of BusinessUniversity of Cambridge Judge Business School and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,803
41.
Eva: The Right Measure of Managerial Performance?
Indian Journal of Accounting & Finance, Vol. 119, No. 02, April-September 2005
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 14 Nov 2006
Accepted Paper Series
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad
Downloads
1,801
42.
How Do Quasi-Random Option Grants Affect CEO Risk-Taking?
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 13-03, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Yale School of Management and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Do Quasi-Random Option Grants Affect CEO Risk-Taking?
Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 13-03, Fama-Miller Working Paper
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 06 Feb 2013
Last Revised: 11 Jan 2017
Downloads
1,703
How Do Quasi-Random Option Grants Affect CEO Risk-Taking?
NBER Working Paper No. w23091
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 30 Jan 2017
Last Revised: 06 Aug 2021
Downloads
14
Downloads
1,703
43.
Economic Characteristics, Corporate Governance, and the Influence of Compensation Consultants on Executive Pay Levels
Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 15, Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2, June 2012
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 15 Jun 2008
Last Revised: 12 Sep 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,641
44.
Performance Measure Properties and Incentives
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1356
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 15 Mar 2004
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Texas at Dallas - Department of Accounting & Information Management
Downloads
1,619
45.
Crowding-Out of Intrinsic Motivation - Opening the Black Box
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Jan 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Zurich - Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Information Technology, University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads
1,617
46.
Does It Pay to 'Be Like Mike'? Aspirational Peer Firms and Relative Performance Evaluation
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 May 2017
Last Revised: 10 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business
Downloads
1,563
47.
Economic Uncertainty and Earnings Management
Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 16-103, 2nd Annual Financial Institutions, Regulation and Corporate Governance Conference
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 11 Mar 2016
Last Revised: 02 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
Babson College and Harvard Business School (HBS)
Downloads
1,559
48.
Are Us CEOS Paid More than UK CEOS? Inferences from Risk-Adjusted Pay
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 12 Jun 2006
Last Revised: 16 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
Bentley University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
Downloads
1,554
49.
Management Fashion Pay-for-Performance
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 11 Nov 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Zurich - Institute for Organization and Administrative Science and University of Basel
Downloads
1,554
50.
Excess-Pay Clawbacks
Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 36, pp. 722-751, 2011
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 05 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 14 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard Law School and Peking University School of Transnational Law
Downloads
1,529
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