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REIT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Compensation in the New Era

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  • Zifeng Feng

    (The University of Texas at El Paso)

  • William G. Hardin

    (Florida International University)

  • Zhonghua Wu

    (Florida International University)

Abstract

Relations between REIT CEO compensation, firm stock performance and risk, after FASB accounting changes and additional SEC compensation disclosure requirements in 2006, are examined. Total compensation becomes more weighted to bonus payments and stock grants and away from options and salary. The majority of REIT CEO compensation comes from bonus payments and stock grants. REIT CEO compensation is found to be positively correlated with lagged firm stock performance, but not lagged firm risk measures. A new metric related to the REIT dividend requirement, dividends paid to CEOs from share ownership, is positively related to CEO total compensation, and the positive relation is driven by a strong association between cash dividends to CEOs and their equity-based compensation. These findings suggest that REIT CEOs trade-off certainty in cash compensation for equity-based wealth and related cash flows. Most important, our results suggest that REIT CEOs are paid for performance and are less likely to earn windfalls that have been associated with the use of options and mis-priced firm risk in non-REIT firms.

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  • Zifeng Feng & William G. Hardin & Zhonghua Wu, 2024. "REIT Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Compensation in the New Era," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 69(4), pages 651-681, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jrefec:v:69:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s11146-022-09892-2
    DOI: 10.1007/s11146-022-09892-2
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