Benjamin Bennett

Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

7 McAlister Drive

New Orleans, LA 70118

United States

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Scholarly Papers (23)

1.

Clawback Provisions

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2017
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Texas Christian University and University of Utah - Department of Finance
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clawback, recoupment, recover, executive compensation, employee pay, accounting restatement, fraud, corporate governance

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Does Joining the S&P 500 Index Hurt Firms?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2020-03-017, Charles A. Dice Working Paper No. 2020-17, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 690/2020
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 27 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2020
Benjamin Bennett, René M. Stulz and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Lancaster University
Downloads 1,663 (22,330)

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S&P 500 Index Additions, Stock Performance, Indexing, Investment, Governance, Passive Investing, Share Repurchases, Stock Price Informativeness

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The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Payout Policies

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 03 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2024
Boston University - Questrom School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Boston University - Department of Accounting and Lancaster University
Downloads 1,140 (38,889)
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Stock Repurchase, Dividend, TCJA, Repatriation, Income Tax

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Compensation Goals and Firm Performance

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 May 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2015
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Arizona State University (ASU) - Finance Department, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School
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Citation 14

Clawback Provisions and Firm Risk

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2019-03-013, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2019-13
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 May 2019
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Texas Christian University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and University of Utah
Downloads 511 (111,497)
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Clawback, recoupment, recover, executive compensation, employee pay, accounting restatement, fraud, corporate governance

Clawback Provisions and Firm Risk

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 09 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 13 Oct 2022
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Texas Christian University, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
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Clawback, risk, recoupment, recover, executive compensation, employee pay, accounting restatement, fraud, corporate governance

Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2019-03-029, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2019-29, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 643/2019
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 22 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
Benjamin Bennett, Isil Erel, Léa H. Stern and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Lancaster University
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Paid Family Leave, Labor Force Participation, Gender, Diversity, Talent Allocation, Firm Performance

Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w27788
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Benjamin Bennett, Isil Erel, Léa H. Stern and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and Lancaster University
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Merger Activity, Stock Prices, and Measuring Gains from M&A

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2021
Benjamin Bennett, Robert A. Dam and Robert A. Dam
Downloads 738 (70,940)
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Synergy, Offer Premium, Firm Valuation

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Does the Stock Market Make Firms More Productive?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2017-03-029, Charles A. Dice Working Paper No. 2017-29
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2018
Benjamin Bennett, René M. Stulz and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Lancaster University
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stock price informativeness, private information, stock market, productivity, governance

Does the Stock Market Make Firms More Productive?

NBER Working Paper No. w24102
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 11 May 2023
Benjamin Bennett, René Stulz and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business and Lancaster University
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Regulating CEO Pay: Evidence from the Nonprofit Revitalization Act

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 09 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 04 May 2022
Ilona Babenko, Benjamin Bennett and Rik Sen
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and University of Georgia
Downloads 552 (102,637)
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executive compensation, regulation, nonprofit organizations, managerial power

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Why Do Firms Use Equity-based Pay? Managerial Compensation and Stock Price Informativeness

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2019-03-012, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2019-12
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 03 May 2019
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Blackrock, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School and Lancaster University
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Executive compensation, Equity-based pay, Stock price informativeness

Does Greater Public Scrutiny Hurt a Firm's Performance?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2023-03-001, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2023-01, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 873/2023, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 12 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2024
Benjamin Bennett, René M. Stulz and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Lancaster University
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Public attention, S&P 500 index addition, analyst coverage, investment, dividends, share repurchases

Does Greater Public Scrutiny Hurt a Firm's Performance?

NBER Working Paper No. w30858
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 23 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Benjamin Bennett, René Stulz and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business and Lancaster University
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The Structure of Banker's Pay

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2016-03-12, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2016-12
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2016
Benjamin Bennett, Radhakrishnan Gopalan and Anjan V. Thakor
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads 432 (137,929)
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Executive compensation, corporate governance, finance industry, TARP

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Do Informative Stock Prices Simplify Executive Compensation?

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2019-03-007, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No.2019-07
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2020
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Blackrock, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School and Lancaster University
Downloads 405 (148,744)
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Compensation complexity, Stock price informativeness, Market monitoring, Proxy statements, Textual analysis

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CEO Compensation and Real Estate Prices: Pay for Luck or Pay for Action?

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2022
Boston University - Questrom School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Imperial College London and Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Downloads 381 (159,146)
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pay for luck; real estate prices; executive compensation; accounting returns

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How are Bankers Paid?

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 660/2020, forthcoming, Review of Corporate Finance Studies
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2021
Benjamin Bennett, Radhakrishnan Gopalan and Anjan V. Thakor
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
Downloads 345 (177,537)
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Executive compensation, corporate governance, finance industry, TARP

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Does Better Access to Disclosure Curb CEO Pay? Evidence from a Modern Information Technology Improvement

HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 31 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2025
Ilona Babenko, Benjamin Bennett and Zexi Wang
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Lancaster University
Downloads 317 (195,695)

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Executive compensation, disclosure, incentives, CEO turnover JEL codes: G30, G32

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Investment Efficiency Under the Cloud of Litigation

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2018-03-18, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2018-18
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2024
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School and Lancaster University
Downloads 283 (219,166)
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Legal risk, Investment efficiency, Over-investment

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CEO Compensation and Real Estate Prices: Pay for Luck and Responses to Luck

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2018
Benjamin Bennett, Claudia Custodio and Dragana Cvijanovic
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Imperial College London and Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Downloads 268 (231,560)
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CEO compensation; pay for luck; real estate shocks

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The Collateral Value of Housing: Evidence from Servicemember Pension Choice

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2017
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and The University of Hong Kong
Downloads 135 (430,160)

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personal discount rate, time variation, macroeconomic variables, borrowing constraint, house price, collateral, housing, military pension

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CECL and Bank CEO Compensation

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 24-8, Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper No. 2024/12, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 24 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2025
Ilona Babenko, Benjamin Bennett, Gauri Bhat and Todd T. Milbourn
Arizona State University, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Accounting Department and Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School
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Pay-Performance Sensitivity, Earnings-Based Incentive Compensation, CECL

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Does Joining the S&P 500 Index Hurt Firms?

NBER Working Paper No. w27593
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 25 May 2023
Benjamin Bennett, René Stulz and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business and Lancaster University
Downloads 78 (626,671)
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How Executive Compensation Changes In Response to Personal Income Tax Shocks (Who Pays the CEO’s Income Taxes?)

Posted: 19 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2021
Benjamin Bennett, Jeffrey L. Coles and Zexi Wang
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, University of Utah - Department of Finance and Lancaster University

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Executive compensation, Personal income tax, CEO incentives, CEO equity sales

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Evidence on the Value of Director Monitoring: A Natural Experiment

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2014
Benjamin Bennett
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

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Directors, Board, Monitoring, Advising, Corporate Governance