Essays about: "compensation executives"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 essays containing the words compensation executives.

  1. 11. Pay-performance sensitivity during financial distress : Did the financial crisis change payperformance sensitivity?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriel Nellkrans; Seyfi Dogan; [2015]
    Keywords : Pay – performance sensitivity; CEO Compensation; Firm performance; Agency theory; Bonus;

    Abstract : This study examines the existence of pay-performance sensitivity in total compensation and bonus during the financial crisis, using data between 2007-2010 from Swedish 196 listed firms. We perform panel data regression analysis of CEO compensation on financial performance measured as stock returns. READ MORE

  3. 12. Maximising shareholder value or personal wealth? A study on incentive programs and share repurchases in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Felix Rodin; David Uddare Sevelin; [2015]
    Keywords : incentive program; share repurchase; EPS; compensation; bonus;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine if it is possible that senior executives in the largest firms in Sweden (the ones listed on the OMXS 30) are earning bonuses because of firms repurchasing their own shares. Earlier research from USA has shown that the incentive programs for CEOs has an effect on the firms' repurchasing of shares, and that firms where the CEO's bonus is tied to EPS tend to repurchase shares to a greater extent. READ MORE

  4. 13. What determines Chief Executives compensation? : An empirical study of the compensation to Chief Executive Officers in Swedish listed firms during 2007 to 2010

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Olivia Lundqvist; Erazo Michael; [2014]
    Keywords : CEO compensation; principle-agent theory; pay-for-performance; resource-based theory; Sweden;

    Abstract : Chief Executive Officers (CEO) remuneration has been a hot topic the last couple of years and has brought a great amount of attention in the media, when some companies have increased the CEO’s compensation even though the firm have been reporting lower earnings. Bonus systems have recently become more frequent to increase CEOs incentives, but have also been a disputed subject since the financial crisis in 2008. READ MORE

  5. 14. Do executives get appropriate compensation? : Evidence from intellectual capital perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Yamin Xie; [2013]
    Keywords : Executive compensation; intellectual capital; pay-contribution; free-rider problem;

    Abstract : This paper presents an empirical analysis of top executive compensation from intellectual capital perspective using data from US listed companies and aims to examine whether executives get appropriate compensation. I propose a pay-contribution compensation scheme and extend previous research on agency theory, by exploring how executive compensation contract design may be based on the firm’s intellectual capital (IC). READ MORE

  6. 15. Can manager conservatism explain corporate cash holdings? Evidence from the Eurozone

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Moritz Zimmermann; Kornelius Pfaff; [2013]
    Keywords : Cash holdings; Precautionary savings motive; Behavioural finance; Manager fixed effects; Executive compensation;

    Abstract : Differences in cash holdings across firms have traditionally been explained by precautionary savings motives. However, in line with a recent U.S. study, we identify a group of European industrial companies with a particularly high ratio of cash to assets, which cannot be explained by precautionary savings, agency or tax motives. READ MORE