Ownership Concentration and Sensitivity of Executive Pay to Accounting Performance Measures: Evidence from Publicly and Privately-Held Insurance Companies

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol 28, No 2, December 1999

Posted: 15 Feb 2000

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Bin Ke

National University of Singapore; Independent

Kathy R. Petroni

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Assem Safieddine

American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the relation between CEO compensation and accounting performance measures in a sample of publicly- and privately-held property-liability insurance companies. We find a significant positive association between return on assets and the level of compensation for publicly-held insurers. Consistent with optimal contracting theory, we find no such relationship for privately-held insurers. We also find that the change in compensation is significantly more sensitive to the change in return on assets for publicly-held insurers than privately-held insurers. Results suggest that within privately-held firms, CEO compensation is less based on objective measures like accounting information and more on subjective measures.

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JEL Classification: C23, J33, M41

Suggested Citation

Ke, Bin and Petroni, Kathy Ruby and Safieddine, Assem M., Ownership Concentration and Sensitivity of Executive Pay to Accounting Performance Measures: Evidence from Publicly and Privately-Held Insurance Companies. Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol 28, No 2, December 1999, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=206748

Bin Ke

National University of Singapore ( email )

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Kathy Ruby Petroni (Contact Author)

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management ( email )

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Assem M. Safieddine

American University of Beirut - Olayan School of Business ( email )

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