High-powered incentives and fraudulent behavior: Stock-based versus stock option-based compensation

被引:9
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作者
Andergassen, Rainer [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bologna, Dept Econ, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
关键词
Executive compensation; Executive stock options; Restricted stock; Fraud; Incentives;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2008.07.009
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper examines the trade-off shareholders face between providing managers with incentives to exert beneficial effort and to engage in costly fraudulent activity. We provide a solution to the optimal compensation problem, given that shareholders can either grant (restricted) stock or stock options and given fixed average compensation costs. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:122 / 125
页数:4
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