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Executive Bonus Target Ratcheting: Evidence from the New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules

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  • Sunyoung Kim
  • Jae Yong Shin

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This study investigates whether firms revise executive bonus compensation targets based on past performance. Studies in this area suffer from a lack of detailed information related to executive performance targets. Using mandatory disclosures of executive compensation information under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new disclosure rules, this study provides the first large†sample evidence of bonus target ratcheting. There are three major findings: (i) executive bonus targets ratchet and they ratchet asymmetrically; (ii) the degree of target ratcheting and ratcheting asymmetry vary with executive equity incentives and investment opportunities; and (iii) performance relative to bonus target is serially correlated.Les auteurs se demandent si les sociétés révisent les cibles de rémunération sous forme de primes des dirigeants en fonction de la performance passée. Les études dans ce domaine ne livrent pas d'information suffisamment détaillée liée aux cibles de performance des dirigeants. En utilisant l'information relative à la rémunération des dirigeants que les sociétés sont tenues de fournir en vertu des nouvelles règles de la Securities and Exchange Commission aux États†Unis, les auteurs produisent le premier échantillon d'importance dont sont tirées des données sur l'ajustement par paliers des primes ciblées. De l'analyse de cet échantillon découlent trois constatations principales : 1) les primes ciblées des dirigeants sont ajustées par paliers et ces ajustements sont asymétriques; 2) le degré d'ajustement des primes ciblées et l'asymétrie de ces ajustements varient avec les incitatifs à base d'actions des dirigeants et les occasions d'investissement; et 3) la performance et les primes ciblées présentent une corrélation sérielle.

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  • Sunyoung Kim & Jae Yong Shin, 2017. "Executive Bonus Target Ratcheting: Evidence from the New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(4), pages 1843-1879, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:4:p:1843-1879
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12350
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    1. Chia-Ying Chan & Iftekhar Hasan & Chih-Yung Lin, 2021. "Agency cost of CEO perquisites in bank loan contracts," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 1221-1258, May.
    2. Deore, Aishwarrya & Mahlendorf, Matthias D. & Wu, Fan, 2023. "CEOs' structural power, prestige power, and target ratcheting," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    3. Ahn, Jae Hwan & Choi, Sunhwa & Kim, Gi H. & Kwon, Sewon, 2024. "Bonus incentives and losses from early debt extinguishment," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    4. Iny Hwang & Youngsoo Kim & Michael K. Lim, 2023. "Optimal Ratcheting in Executive Compensation," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 20(2), pages 166-185, June.

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