Do Contracts Make Them Care? The Impact of CEO Compensation Design on Corporate Social Performance

Using the behavioral agency model, we analyze how two compensation design characteristics, pay-performance sensitivity and duration of CEO compensation (taking into account multiple vesting periods), affect corporate social performance. We find that the performance sensitivity of CEO pay is negative...

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Authors: McGuire, Jean (Author) ; Oehmichen, Jana (Author) ; Wolff, Michael (Author) ; Hilgers, Roman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 157, Issue: 2, Pages: 375-390
Further subjects:B Behavioral agency
B pay-performance sensitivity
B Pay duration
B Corporate Social Performance
B CEO compensation
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