Pay me later: Inside debt and its role in managerial compensation

被引:300
作者
Sundaram, Pangarajan K. [1 ]
Yermack, David L. [1 ]
机构
[1] New York Univ, Stern Sch Business, Dept Finance, New York, NY 10011 USA
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10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01251.x
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F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Though widely used in executive compensation, inside debt has been almost entirely overlooked by prior work. We initiate this research by studying CEO pension arrangements in 237 large capitalization firms. Among our findings are that CEO compensation exhibits a balance between debt and equity incentives; the balance shifts systematically away from equity and toward debt as CEOs grow older; annual increases in pension entitlements represent about 10% of overall CEO compensation, and about 13% for CEOs aged 61-65; CEOs with high debt incentives manage their firms conservatively; and pension compensation influences patterns of CEO turnover and cash compensation.
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