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Pay for Short-Term Performance: Executive Compensation in Speculative Markets

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  • Patrick Bolton
  • Jose Scheinkman
  • Wei Xiong

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We argue that the root cause behind the recent corporate scandals associated with CEO pay is the technology bubble of the latter half of the 1990s. Far from rejecting the optimal incentive contracting theory of executive compensation, the recent evidence on executive pay can be reconciled with classical agency theory once one expands the framework to allow for speculative stock markets.

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  • Patrick Bolton & Jose Scheinkman & Wei Xiong, 2006. "Pay for Short-Term Performance: Executive Compensation in Speculative Markets," NBER Working Papers 12107, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:12107
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    8. Shahab, Yasir & Wang, Chong-xiao & Yeung, P. Eric & Zhou, Jia-nan, 2024. "The National Team: Stock market interventions and corporate catering behavior," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).

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    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance

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