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Macroeconomic Fluctuations as Sources of Luck in CEO Compensation

In English

Författare

  • Hsin-Hui Chui
  • Lars Oxelheim
  • Clas Wihlborg
  • Jianhua Zhang

Summary, in English

Macroeconomic fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates, and inflation can be considered sources of good or bad “luck” for corporate performance if management is unable to adjust operations to these fluctuations. Based on a sample of 2,091 US firms, we decompose the impacts of macroeconomic fluctuations on three measures of CEO compensation. Our study provides empirical support for the importance of considering macroeconomic fluctuations in designing CEO incentive schemes. It adds to the managerial power literature on moral hazard and CEO compensation by pinpointing the obvious risk that the CEO in an asymmetric and non-linear reward system will be inclined to prioritize his/her own cash flow at the expense of fulfilling an assumed agency role. The policy conclusion for remuneration committees and board of directors is to filter out macroeconomic influences on performance to be rewarded whenever an asymmetric compensation scheme has been opted for.

Publiceringsår

2014-12-28

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Business Ethics

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Business Administration

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Knut Wicksell Centre for Financial Studies

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1573-0697