Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
Abstract
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.
Disciplines
Business Organizations Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Patrick Bolton, José Scheinkman & Wei Xiong,
Pay for Short-Term Performance: Executive Compensation in Speculative Markets,
30
J. Corp. L
721
(2005).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/contract_economic_organization/3