Bradley W. Benson

Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance

Assistant Professor

Muncie, IN 47306-0340

United States

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The Relation between Stakeholder Management, Firm Value, and CEO Compensation: A Test of Enlightened Value Maximization

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2014
Bradley W. Benson and Wallace N. Davidson
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Executive Compensation, Firm Value, Stakeholder Theory

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Deviations from Expected Stakeholder Management, Firm Value, and Corporate Governance

Forthcoming Financial Management
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 31 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2014
Bradley W. Benson, Wallace N. Davidson, Hongxia Wang and Dan L. Worrell
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance, Ashland University and Sam Walton College of Business
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Enlightened Value Maximization, Institutional Ownership, Firm Value, Managerial Ownership Incentives, Stakeholder Theory

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Reexamining the Managerial Ownership Effect on Firm Value

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 15, pp. 573-586, 2009
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 28 May 2010
Bradley W. Benson and Wallace N. Davidson
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance
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Executive Compensation, Managerial Ownership, Firm Value

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Equity-Based Incentives, Risk Aversion, and Merger-Related Risk-Taking Behavior

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Equity-Based Incentives, Risk Aversion, and Merger-Related Risk-Taking Behavior

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 May 2010 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2011
Bradley W. Benson, Jung Chul Park and Wallace N. Davidson
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, University of South Florida and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance
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Managerial incentives, Mergers and acquisitions, Risk aversion, Risk taking

Equity‐Based Incentives, Risk Aversion, and Merger‐Related Risk‐Taking Behavior

Financial Review, Vol. 49, Issue 1, pp. 117-148, 2014
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jan 2014
Bradley W. Benson, Jung Chul Park and Wallace N. Davidson
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, University of South Florida and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance
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managerial incentives, mergers and acquisitions, risk aversion, risk taking

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CEO Compensation Structure Following Succession: Evidence of Optimal Incentives with Career Concerns

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 49, pp. 1389-1409, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 28 May 2010
Eahab M. Elsaid, Wallace N. Davidson and Bradley W. Benson
University of Windsor, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance and Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance
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Optimal Incentives, Career Concerns, CEO, compensation, succession

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Successor CEO Functional and Education Background: Performance Antecedents and Consequences

Midwest Finance Association 2013 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 May 2011 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2013
Eahab M. Elsaid, Bradley W. Benson and Wallace N. Davidson
University of Windsor, Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance
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CEO Succession, CEO functional background, CEO Educational background

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Director Networks and Credit Ratings

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Director Networks and Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2016
Bradley W. Benson, Subramanian R. Iyer, Kristopher Kemper and Jing Zhao
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, University of New Mexico, Ball State University and Portland State University - The School of Business
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Director Networks, Social Capital, Credit Ratings, Board Connectivity

Director Networks and Credit Ratings

The Financial Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Bradley W. Benson, Subramanian R. Iyer, Kristopher Kemper and Jing Zhao
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, University of New Mexico, Ball State University and Portland State University - The School of Business
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Networks, Social Capital, Credit Ratings, Board Connectivity

Director Networks and Credit Ratings

Financial Review, Vol. 53, Issue 2, pp. 301-336, 2018
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Apr 2018
Bradley W. Benson, Subramanian R. Iyer, Kristopher Kemper and Jing Zhao
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, University of New Mexico, Ball State University and Portland State University - The School of Business
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director networks, social capital, credit ratings, board connectivity

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Do Busy Directors and CEOs Shirk Their Responsibilities? Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 21 Aug 2014
Bradley W. Benson, Wallace N. Davidson, Travis Davidson and Hongxia Wang
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - Department of Finance, Ohio University - Department of Finance and Ashland University
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Multiple directorships, Merger and acquisition, Acquirer busy CEO, Target busy CEO

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Stock Ownership Guidelines for CEOS: Do They (Not) Meet Expectations?

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 69, 2016
Posted: 02 Aug 2017
Bradley W. Benson, Qin Lian and Qiming Wang
Ball State University - Department of Finance and Insurance, Portland State University and Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management

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CEO Stock Ownership Guideline, Not-Meet Adoption, Meet Adoption, CEO Compensation, Incentive Alignment, Stakeholder Management, Financial Performance