The Equator Principles (EP) is a voluntary framework of environmental guidelines for financial institutions in project financing. This paper examines the impact of an EP adoption on executive compensation. Compared to a matched sample of non-adopting banks, we find that total compensation significantly increased in banks that adopted the EP. The increase was driven by larger grants of equity-based compensation. This effect of EP adoption on executive pay does not depend on the risk management framework of the bank or on the timing of the adoption. Lastly, we do not find evidence of a change in the adopting banks' performance.
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Shandong Univ, Sch Management, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
Univ Western Australia, UWA Business Sch, M250,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaShandong Univ, Sch Management, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
Zhang, Xinyue
Shan, Yuan George
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Univ Western Australia, UWA Business Sch, M250,35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaShandong Univ, Sch Management, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
Shan, Yuan George
Zhang, Yuming
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Shandong Univ, Sch Management, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R ChinaShandong Univ, Sch Management, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
Zhang, Yuming
Xing, Chao
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Ocean Univ China, Coll Management, Qingdao, Shandong, Peoples R ChinaShandong Univ, Sch Management, Jinan, Shandong, Peoples R China
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South China Agr Univ, Div Finance & Accounting, Coll Econ & Management, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R ChinaSouth China Agr Univ, Div Finance & Accounting, Coll Econ & Management, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Chen, Yanyan
Tian, Gary Gang
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Macquarie Univ, Dept Appl Finance, N Ryde, NSW 2109, AustraliaSouth China Agr Univ, Div Finance & Accounting, Coll Econ & Management, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
Tian, Gary Gang
Yao, Daifei Troy
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QUT Business, Sch Accountancy, Brisbane, Qld, AustraliaSouth China Agr Univ, Div Finance & Accounting, Coll Econ & Management, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China
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Ningbo Univ Finance & Econ, Ningbo, Peoples R China
City Univ Macau, Fac Finance, Macau, Peoples R ChinaNingbo Univ Finance & Econ, Ningbo, Peoples R China
Li, Haiyan
Yin, Peiyan
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City Univ Macau, Fac Finance, Macau, Peoples R ChinaNingbo Univ Finance & Econ, Ningbo, Peoples R China