Ingolf Dittmann

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)

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Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

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1.

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
Ingolf Dittmann, Ko-Chia Yu and Dan Zhang
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), National Chung Cheng University and Oslo Business School
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Stock Options, Effort Aversion, Executive Compensation, Risk Aversion, Risk-Taking Incentives, Optimal Strike Price

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Biases and Error Measures: How to Compare Valuation Methods

ERIM Report Series Reference No. ERS-2006-011-F&A, Mannheim Finance Working Paper No. 2006-07
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2008
Ingolf Dittmann and Ernst G. Maug
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim Business School
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Valuation, Financial Ratios, Multiples, Dividend Discount Model, Discounted Cash Flow Model, Residual Income Model

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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
Ingolf Dittmann and Ernst G. Maug
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim Business School
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Executive compensation, stock options

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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
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Oliver G. Spalt
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Mannheim - Business School
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Stock Options, Executive Compensation, Loss Aversion

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Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What They Do, What They are Worth, and Why They are (Still) There

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Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What They Do, What They are Worth, and Why They are (Still) There

Review of Finance, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 35-71, 2010, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 196/2008
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2010
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Banks, Board of Directors, Corporate Governance, Germany

Bankers on the Boards of German Firms: What They Do, What They are Worth, and Why They are (Still) There

Review of Finance, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 35-71, 2010
Posted: 25 Jan 2010
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster

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G21, G34

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How Preussag Became Tui: Kissing Too Many Toads Can Make You a Toad

Financial Management, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 571-598, 2008, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 58/2004
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Nov 2004 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2019
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Christoph Schneider
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and University of Münster - Finance Center Münster
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Corporate Governance, Large shareholders, Germany, Diversification, Mergers and Acquisitions

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Selecting Comparables for the Valuation of European Firms

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Feb 2005
Ingolf Dittmann and Christian Weiner
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and Humboldt University of Berlin - School of Business and Economics
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Company Valuation, Financial Ratios, Industry Classification, Multiples, Valuation Errors

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How Fundamental are Fundamental Values? Valuation Methods and Their Impact on the Performance of German Venture Capitalists

European Financial Management, Vol. 10, pp. 609-638, 2004.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jul 2002 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Johannes Kemper
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and Humboldt University of Berlin
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DCF, Performance, Valuation, Venture Capital, IPO

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Restricting CEO Pay

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 291/2010
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug and Dan Zhang
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School and Oslo Business School
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Executive compensation, caps on pay, loss aversion

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Measuring Private Benefits of Control from the Returns of Voting and Non-Voting Shares

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Mar 2003
Ingolf Dittmann
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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Indexing Executive Compensation Contracts

Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 26, 3182-3224, 2013., ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 309/2011
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 05 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2021
Ernst G. Maug, Ingolf Dittmann and Oliver G. Spalt
University of Mannheim Business School, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim - Business School
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executive compensation, indexed options, relative performance evaluation, pay for luck

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Block Trading, Ownership Structure, and the Value of Corporate Votes

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Jul 2004
Ingolf Dittmann
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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Equity-based compensation and the timing of share repurchases: the role of the corporate calendar

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Equity-based compensation and the timing of share repurchases: the role of the corporate calendar

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 909/2023
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 21 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2023
Ingolf Dittmann, Amy Yazhu Li, Stefan Obernberger and Jiaqi Zheng
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics and University of Oxford - Said Business School
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Payout policy, share repurchases, equity-based compensation, insider trading, short-termism

Equity-based compensation and the timing of share repurchases: the role of the corporate calendar

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 21-101/IV
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 05 May 2022 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2023
Ingolf Dittmann, Amy Yazhu Li, Stefan Obernberger and Jiaqi Zheng
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Erasmus University Rotterdam - Erasmus School of Economics and University of Oxford - Said Business School
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Payout policy, share repurchases, equity-based compensation, insider trading, short-termism

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Note on the Calibration of Executive Compensation Models

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2016
Ingolf Dittmann, Dan Zhang, Ernst G. Maug and Oliver G. Spalt
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Oslo Business School, University of Mannheim Business School and University of Mannheim - Business School
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Stock Options, Executive Compensation, Loss Aversion

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Timing and Wealth Effects of German Dual Class Stock Unifications

European Financial Management, Forthcoming, EFMA 2004 Basel Meetings
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Jul 2006
Ingolf Dittmann and Niels Ulbricht
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of Mannheim - Department of Business Administration and Finance
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capital structure, entrenchment, financial constraints, liquidity, ownership structure

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Why Votes Have a Value

Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 84, 17-38, 2014.
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2021
Ingolf Dittmann, Ernst G. Maug, Dorothea Kübler and Lydia Mechtenberg
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Mannheim Business School, Social Science Research Center (WZB) and Technical University of Berlin
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Voting, dual-class shares, paradox of voting, experimental economics, instrumental voting, expressive voting

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Wage Gap and Stock Returns: Do Investors Dislike Pay Inequality?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 78, February 2023, 102322, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 727/2021
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Ingolf Dittmann, Maurizio Montone and Yuhao Zhu
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Utrecht University and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
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Wage Gap, Stock Returns, Asymmetric Mispricing, Inequality Aversion

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The Additional Costs of CEO Compensation: The Effect of Relative Wealth Concerns of Employees

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 559/2018
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 16 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2020
Ingolf Dittmann, Christoph Schneider and Yuhao Zhu
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Münster - Finance Center Münster and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
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CEO compensation, relative wealth concerns, employee wages, inequality aversion, pay inequality

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Properties of Nonlinear Transformations of Fractionally Integrated Processes

Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 110, No. 2, pp. 113-133, 2002, UCSD Economics Discussion Paper No. 2000-07
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2009
Ingolf Dittmann and Clive W. J. Granger
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Economics
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Nonlinear Transformations, Long Memory, Fractional Integration, Antipersistence, Nonstationarity, Hermite Rank, Moments

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The Optimal Use of Fines and Imprisonment If Governments Don't Maximize Welfare

Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 677-695, 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Jul 2001 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2009
Ingolf Dittmann
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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Crime, Concealed Carry, Shall Issue, Waiting Periods, Police Death

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Discussion of 'Are CEOs Compensated for Value Destroying Growth in Earnings?'

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 15, pp. 578-583, 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2010
Ingolf Dittmann
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)
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How Reliable Should Auditors Be? Optimal Monitoring in Principal-Agent Relationships

Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Ingolf Dittmann
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)

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