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1.

Remuneration: Where We've Been, How We Got to Here, What are the Problems, and How to Fix Them

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 04-28; ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 44/2004
Number of pages: 116 Posted: 05 Jul 2004
Working Paper Series
Michael C. Jensen, Kevin J. Murphy and Eric G. Wruck
Harvard Business School, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business
Downloads 27,717
2.

Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation

Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief No. 04-11
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 26 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
David N. Beede, Tiffany A. Julian, David Langdon, George McKittrick, Beethika Khan and Mark E. Doms
Office of the Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Science Foundation and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Downloads 24,151
3.

Executive Compensation

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 19 May 1999
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Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 20,536
4.

Corporate Governance and Earnings Management

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jun 2001
Working Paper Series
Sonda Marrakchi Chtourou, Jean Bédard and Lucie Courteau
University of Sfax, Université Laval - École de comptabilité and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - Faculty of Economics and Management
Downloads 17,332
5.

Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 32, No. 1-3, 2001
Number of pages: 115 Posted: 28 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 17 May 2021
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Robert M. Bushman and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Downloads 16,768
6.

How Computer Automation Affects Occupations: Technology, Jobs, and Skills

Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-49
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
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James E. Bessen
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law
Downloads 13,393
7.

The Loser's Curse: Decision Making & Market Efficiency in the National Football League Draft

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2012
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Cade Massey and Richard H. Thaler
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
Downloads 13,008
8.

Performance Pay and Top Management Incentives

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Mar 2001
Accepted Paper Series
Kevin J. Murphy and Michael C. Jensen
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Harvard Business School
Downloads 11,175
9.

Compensation and Incentives: Practice vs. Theory

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Journal of Finance, Vol. 63, No. 3, pp. 593-616, July 1998
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Sep 1998
Accepted Paper Series
George P. Baker, Michael C. Jensen and Kevin J. Murphy
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 10,984
10.

Pay Without Performance: Overview of the Issues

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 647-673, 2005, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 8-22, 2005, Academy of Management Perspectives, pp. 5-24, February 2006, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 528
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jul 2005 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 10,434
11.

Value Creation and its Measurement: A Critical Look at EVA

Cuadernos de Administración, No. 22, pp. 7-31, June 2000
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 May 1999 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Ignacio Velez-Pareja
Grupo Consultor CAV Capital Advisory & Valuation
Downloads 10,275
12.

Performance for Pay? The Relation Between CEO Incentive Compensation and Future Stock Price Performance

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2016
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Michael J. Cooper, Huseyin Gulen and P. Raghavendra Rau
University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and University of Cambridge
Downloads 9,874
13.

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
Accepted Paper Series
Michael C. Jensen
Harvard Business School

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Downloads 9,654
14.

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
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Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 9,654
15.

Immigration and the U.S. Economy: Labor-Market Impacts, Illegal Entry, and Policy Choices

Number of pages: 137 Posted: 08 Jan 2002
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Gordon H. Hanson, Kenneth Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter and Antonio Spilimbergo
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IRPS), Yale University - Department of Political Science, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
Downloads 9,610
16.

Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 10 Aug 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group
Downloads 8,114
17.

Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 17, pp. 71-92, 2003, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 421
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Jan 2003 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School

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Downloads 8,040
18.

Pay Without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation

Harvard University Press, 2004
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 30 Apr 2004 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried
Harvard Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads 7,465
19.

Executive Equity Compensation and Incentives: A Survey

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 22 Jul 2001
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Wayne R. Guay, John E. Core and David F. Larcker
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

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Downloads 7,116
20.

Contracting Theory and Accounting

Number of pages: 135 Posted: 17 Jan 2001
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Richard A. Lambert
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department

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Downloads 7,040
21.

Do the Rim (Residual Income Model), Eva(R) and DCF (Discounted Cash Flow) Really Match?

Working Paper No. 25
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 17 Mar 2003
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Ignacio Velez-Pareja and Joseph Tham
Grupo Consultor CAV Capital Advisory & Valuation and Educational Independent Consultant
Downloads 6,816
22.

Women in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Governance and Performance

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 57/2004
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2018
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Renee B. Adams and Daniel Ferreira
University of Oxford and London School of Economics - Department of Finance
Downloads 6,797
23.

Real and Accrual-Based Earnings Management in the Pre- and Post-Sarbanes Oxley Periods

AAA 2006 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Sep 2005
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Daniel A. Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Z. Lys
Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 6,754
24.

The Relationship between the Market Value of a Company and Internal Performance Measurements

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Jan 1999
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John H. Hall and L.M. Brummer
University of Pretoria and University of Pretoria
Downloads 6,265
25.

Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1328, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 511/2017
Number of pages: 106 Posted: 03 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2021
Accepted Paper Series
Miguel Anton, Florian Ederer, Mireia Gine, Martin C. Schmalz and Martin C. Schmalz
University of Navarra, IESE Business School, Yale School of Management, IESE Business School, University of Navarra and CEPRUniversity of Oxford - Finance

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Downloads 6,055
26.

Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Notes (2nd of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 98-098
Number of pages: 110 Posted: 21 Apr 1998 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
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Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
Downloads 6,036
27.

Calculation of Compensation Incentives and Firm-Related Wealth Using Execucomp: Data, Program, and Explanation

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Jul 2013
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Jeffrey L. Coles, Naveen D. Daniel and Lalitha Naveen
University of Utah - Department of Finance, Drexel University - Department of Finance and Temple University - Department of Finance
Downloads 5,841
28.

Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 69, pp. 751-846, 2002, Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No. 366, June 2002
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Jun 2002 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lucian A. Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried and David I. Walker
Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School and Boston University School of Law

Multiple version iconThere are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 5,713
29.

The New Wave of Outsourcing

Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics Research Report Series No. 1103
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Jun 2007
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Ashok Bardhan and Cynthia A. Kroll
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads 5,591
30.

Sweatshops, Choice, and Exploitation

Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 689-727, October 2007
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Matt Zwolinski
University of San Diego
Downloads 5,403
31.

Executive Equity Compensation and Incentives: A Survey

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2003
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Sep 2005
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John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay and David F. Larcker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 5,399
32.

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
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Alan Benson
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management
Downloads 5,309
33.

Performance Measurement Using Balanced Score Card

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2012
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Lokanandha Reddy Irala
School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad
Downloads 5,255
34.

Corporate Governance, Accounting Outcomes, and Organizational Performance

Accounting Review, October 2007
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 30 Mar 2007
Accepted Paper Series
David F. Larcker, Scott A. Richardson and A. Irem Tuna
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, AQR Capital Management, LLC and London Business School
Downloads 5,233
35.

Organizations and Markets: History and Development of the Ccmo Course and the Field (1st of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Michael C. Jensen, George P. Baker, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Karen H. Wruck
Harvard Business School, HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads 5,195
36.

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
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Carola Frydman and Dirk Jenter
Northwestern University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Finance

Multiple version iconThere are 4 versions of this paper

Downloads 5,047
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Catching Up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-23, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-17, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Joni Hersch
Vanderbilt University - Law School

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Downloads 4,990
38.

Inequality and Institutions in 20th Century America

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-17
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 May 2007
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Frank S. Levy and Peter Temin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies & Planning and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Downloads 4,868
39.

Governance and Intermediation Problems in Capital Markets: Evidence from the Fall of Enron

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 02-27
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Oct 2002
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Paul M. Healy and Krishna Palepu
Harvard Business School and Harvard University - Harvard Business School
Downloads 4,863
40.

Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Course Content and Materials (3rd of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 21 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Karen H. Wruck and Michael C. Jensen
Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance and Harvard Business School
Downloads 4,830
41.

The Economic Value of a Law Degree

HLS Program on the Legal Profession Research Paper No. 2013-6
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2014
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Michael Simkovic and Frank McIntyre
University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Amazon.com

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Downloads 4,790
42.

Motivation Crowding Theory: A Survey of Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Apr 2000
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Bruno S. Frey and Reto Jegen
CREMA and University of Zurich - Department of Economics

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Downloads 4,683
43.

Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations: Practice Questions (4th of 4 Ccmo Documents)

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 20 Apr 1998
Case and Teaching Paper Series
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling, George P. Baker and Karen H. Wruck
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased), HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance
Downloads 4,637
44.

Executive Remuneration in the EU: Comparative Law and Practice

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 09/2003
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 04 Mar 2004
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Guido Ferrarini, Niamh Moloney and Cristina Vespro
University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, London School of Economics - Law Department and ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Downloads 4,412
45.

Risk Management and Corporate Governance

HEC Montreal Risk Management Chair Working Paper No. 03-04
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 20 Oct 2003
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Danielle Blanchard and Georges Dionne
Venture Capital Consultant and HEC Montreal - Department of Finance
Downloads 4,389
46.

Measuring Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry

Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2020
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Jonathan Berk and Jules H. van Binsbergen
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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Downloads 4,385
47.

An Analysis of Eva and Other Measures of Firm Performance Based on Residual Income

Hankamer School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Jul 2003
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John D. Martin, J. William Petty and Steve Rich
Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate, Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate and Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
Downloads 4,381
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The Effects of Performance Measurement and Compensation on Motivation: An Empirical Study

De Economist, Vol. 153, No. 3, 2005, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 03-048/3
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2014
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Marco van Herpen, Mirjam van Praag, Mirjam van Praag and Kees Cools
Boston Consulting Group, University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School and Boston Consulting Group
Downloads 4,343
49.

Difference-in-Differences with Multiple Time Periods

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2020
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Brantly Callaway and Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna
University of Mississippi - Department of Economics and Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics
Downloads 4,275
50.

An Economic Evaluation of the Moneyball Hypothesis

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Nov 2004
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Jahn Karl Hakes, Jahn Karl Hakes and Raymond D. Sauer
Albion College - Department of Economics and ManagementAlbion College and Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics
Downloads 4,255