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Kevin J. Murphy

University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

Kenneth L. Trefftzs Chair in Finance

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Los Angeles, CA 90089-0804

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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
Michael C. Jensen, Kevin J. Murphy and Eric G. Wruck
SSRN, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business
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Citation 158

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Executive Remuneration, Remuneration Policies, Audit Committee, Incentives, Compensation, Incentives, Strategic Value Accountability, Share options, Overvalued Equity, Earnings Game, Corporate Fraud, Corporate Scandals, Overpayment, Agency Costs, Agency problems, Corporate Governance

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Executive Compensation

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 19 May 1999
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 804

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CEO Incentives: It's Not How Much You Pay, But How

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Citation 121

CEO Incentives: It's Not How Much You Pay, But How

Michael C. Jensen, FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY, Harvard University Press, 1998; Harvard Business Review, No. 3, May-June 1990
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Apr 1999
Michael C. Jensen and Kevin J. Murphy
SSRN and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 14,408 (165)
Citation 121

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CEO Incentives - It's Not How Much You Pay, But How

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 64-76, Winter 2010
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 31 Mar 2010
Michael C. Jensen and Kevin J. Murphy
SSRN and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 120
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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
George P. Baker, Michael C. Jensen and Kevin J. Murphy
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, SSRN and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 207

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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
Kevin J. Murphy and Michael C. Jensen
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and SSRN
Downloads 9,719 (299)
Citation 881

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Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 May 1997
George P. Baker, Robert S. Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 5,962 (817)
Citation 234

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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
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 19

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Executive compensation, CEO Pay, Regulation, Disclosure, Stock options, Accounting, Corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, International Pay

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Stock Options for Undiversified Executives

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Citation 309

Stock Options for Undiversified Executives

Harvard NOM Research Paper No. 00-05; Presented at Tuck-JFE Contemporary Corporate Governance Conference; USC FBE Working Paper No. 01-16
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Dec 2000
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 2,668 (3,364)
Citation 309

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Executive Compensation, Incentives, Stock Options, Risk Aversion

Stock Options for Undiversified Executives

NBER Working Paper No. w8052
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Mar 2001
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 309

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Stock Options for Undiversified Executives

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, April 2002
Posted: 30 Apr 2002
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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executive compensation, incentives, stock options, risk aversion

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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
Kevin J. Murphy and Michael C. Jensen
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and SSRN
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Citation 4

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Executive Compensation, CEO Pay, Incentives, Governance, non-Equity Pay, Banking Bonus Plans

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The Trouble with Stock Options

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Citation 168

The Trouble with Stock Options

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 03-33
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Jun 2003
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 2,412 (4,008)
Citation 168

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Executive compensation, stock options, equity-based pay, CEO pay, corporate governance, executive labor markets

The Trouble with Stock Options

NBER Working Paper No. w9784
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Jun 2003
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 168

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Managerial Capital and the Market for CEOs

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 May 2007
Kevin J. Murphy and Jan Zabojnik
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Queen's University - Department of Economics
Downloads 1,974 (4,219)
Citation 95

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Executive Compensation, Executive Turnover, Human Capital, Matching, Firm-specific capial, managerial labor market

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Are US CEOs Paid More? New International Evidence

EFA 2009 Bergen Meetings Paper, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 255/2009, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2012
Nuno Fernandes, Miguel A. Ferreira, Pedro P. Matos and Kevin J. Murphy
IMD International, Nova School of Business and Economics, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 1,711 (6,536)
Citation 15

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Executive compensation, CEO pay, International pay differences, Stock options, Corporate governance

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Discretion in Executive Incentive Contracts: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 27 Dec 2001
Kevin J. Murphy and Paul Oyer
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Citation 23

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Discretion; Subjective performance valuation; Executive compensation

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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
Kevin J. Murphy and Tatiana Sandino
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Harvard Business School - Accounting and Control
Downloads 1,573 (7,345)
Citation 27

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Executive Compensation, Compensation Consultants, Conflicts of Interest, CEO Pay, board of directors, director pay, corporate governance, disclosure

15.

Performance Standards in Incentive Contracts

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Nov 1999
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 90

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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
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 1,314 (7,327)
Citation 5

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Executive Compensation, Regulation, Disclosure, Stock Options, Corporate Governance

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Compensation Structure and Systemic Risk

Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 34-09
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 30 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2009
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 3

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Executive Compensation, Stock Options, Financial Crisis, Risk

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Optimal Exercise Prices For Executive Stock Options

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Citation 109

Optimal Exercise Prices For Executive Stock Options

Harvard NOM Working Paper No. 99-01
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Jun 2000
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 958 (18,226)
Citation 109

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Optimal Exercise Prices for Executive Stock Options

NBER Working Paper No. w7548
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2010
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 52 (330,622)
Citation 109

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Optimal Exercise Prices For Executive Stock Options

American Economic Review, May 2000
Posted: 26 Jun 2001
Brian J. Hall and Kevin J. Murphy
NOM Unit Head, Harvard Business School and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Are US CEOs Paid More? New International Evidence

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 10 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2012
Nuno Fernandes, Miguel A. Ferreira, Pedro P. Matos and Kevin J. Murphy
IMD International, Nova School of Business and Economics, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 12

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executive compensation, CEO pay, international pay differences, stock options, corporate governance

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Executive Stock Options and IPO Underpricing

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jun 2005
Michelle Lowry and Kevin J. Murphy
Drexel University and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 12

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Initial public offering; IPO underpricing; Executive compensation; Stock options

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Regulating Banking Bonuses in the European Union: A Case Study in Unintended Consequences

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Regulating Banking Bonuses in the European Union: A Case Study in Unintended Consequences

USC CLEO Research Paper No. C13-8, USC Law Legal Studies Paper No. 13-8
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2013
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 1

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Executive compensation, CEO pay, Banking Bonuses, Financial Crisis, Regulation, European Union

Regulating Banking Bonuses in the European Union: A Case Study in Unintended Consequences

European Financial Management, Vol. 19, Issue 4, pp. 631-657, 2013
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Sep 2013
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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executive compensation, CEO pay, banking bonuses, financial crisis, regulation, European Union

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Executive Pay Restrictions for TARP Recipients: An Assessment

Marshall School of Business Working Paper No. FBE 23-10
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Oct 2010
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 341 (66,304)
Citation 4

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Executive Compensation, TARP, Regulation, CEO Pay, Financial Crisis

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Does Executive Compensation Affect Investment?

NBER Working Paper No. w4135
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 May 2007
Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Citation 14

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Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w3792
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jun 2004
Robert S. Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 156 (142,715)
Citation 293

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Implicit Contracts and the Theory of the Firm

NBER Working Paper No. w6177
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Aug 2000
George P. Baker, Robert S. Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 103 (207,412)
Citation 222

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Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts

NBER Working Paper No. w4480
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jan 2001
George P. Baker, Robert S. Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 93 (224,768)
Citation 274

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Relative Performance Evaluation for Chief Executive Officers

NBER Working Paper No. w2944
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2010
Robert S. Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 90 (240,977)
Citation 166

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Compensation Consultants and the Level, Composition and Complexity of CEO Pay

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 18-027
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Sep 2017
Kevin J. Murphy and Tatiana Sandino
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Harvard Business School - Accounting and Control
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Inside Debt and Corporate Investment

AAA 2015 Management Accounting Section (MAS) Meeting
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2016
Joonil Lee, Kevin J. Murphy, Peter SH. Oh and Marshall D. Vance
Kyung Hee University, University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting and University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting
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inside debt holdings, deferred compensation, pension, investment efficiency

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Stock-based Pay in New Economy Firms

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 34, Nos. 1-3, pp. 129-147, January 2003
Posted: 05 Feb 2003
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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executive compensation, stock options, new economy

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The Prince and the Pauper: CEO Pay in the US and UK

Posted: 30 Aug 2000
Kevin J. Murphy and Martin J. Conyon
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Lancaster University - Management School

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Incentives, Downsizing, and Value Creation at General Dynamics

JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, 1995
Posted: 27 Oct 1999
Jay Dial and Kevin J. Murphy
Ohio State University (OSU) - Human Resource Research and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Informal Authority in Organizations

Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 1999
Posted: 17 May 1999
George P. Baker, Robert S. Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
HBS Negotiations, Organizations and Markets Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School and Department of Economics and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Executive Compensation and Corporate Strategy at General Dynamics

Harvard Business School Working Paper Series 94-064
Posted: 20 Dec 1998
Jay Dial and Kevin J. Murphy
Ohio State University (OSU) - Human Resource Research and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Reporting Choice and the 1992 Proxy Disclosure Rules

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Reporting Choice and the 1992 Proxy Disclosure Rules

JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING, AUDITING AND FINANCE, Vol 11, No 3, Summer 1996
Posted: 12 Feb 1998
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Reporting Choice and the 1992 Proxy Disclosure Rules

Posted: 30 Oct 1995
Kevin J. Murphy
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Beware the Self-Serving Critics

New York Times, May 20, 1984
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 28 Nov 2003
Kevin J. Murphy and Michael C. Jensen
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and SSRN
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CEO Compensation, executive compensation, corruption, fraud

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