Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2-2020
Abstract
We find that contrary to popular belief, CEOs with long compensation duration do not make better long-term investment decisions. Using a comprehensive pay duration measure, we find that acquisitions conducted by CEOs with long compensation duration receive more negative announcement returns, and experience significantly worse post-acquisition abnormal operating and stock performance, compared with deals conducted by CEOs with short compensation duration. The negative correlation between compensation duration and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) performance is driven by long-term time-vesting plans, not by performance-vesting plans. The results suggest that extending CEO pay horizons without implementing performance requirements is insufficient to improve managerial long-term investment decisions.
Recommended Citation
Li, Zhi, and Qiyuan Peng. “The Dark Side of Executive Compensation Duration: Evidence from Mergers and Acquisitions.” Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 56, no. 8 (2021): 2963–97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109020000812
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
The authors
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Comments
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, volume 56, issue 8, in 2021 following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109020000812 .