Portfolio Performance and Agency

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Philip H. Dybvig

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

Heber Farnsworth

Rice University

Jennifer N. Carpenter

New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance

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Date Written: September 2003

Abstract

The literature traditionally assumes that a portfolio manager who expends costly effort to generate information makes an unrestricted portfolio choice and is paid according to a sharing rule. However, the revelation principle provides a more efficient institution. If credible communication of the signal is possible, then the optimal contract restricts portfolio choice and pays the manager a fraction of a benchmark plus a bonus proportional to performance relative to the benchmark. If credible communication is not possible, an additional incentive to report extreme signals may be required to remove a possible incentive to underprovide effort and feign a neutral signal.

Suggested Citation

Dybvig, Philip H. and Farnsworth, Heber and Carpenter, Jennifer N., Portfolio Performance and Agency (September 2003). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-03-031, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1299476

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