TY - JOUR
T1 - Executive compensation, management turnover, and firm performance. An empirical investigation
AU - Coughlan, Anne T.
AU - Schmidt, Ronald M.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - This paper investigates the internal managerial control mechanisms at the disposal of a corporation's compensation-setting board or committee. The hypotheses tested are that both compensation changes and management changes are methods used to control top management, and that the use of these control methods is motivated by changes in the firm's stock price performance. Public data from the period 1977-1980 support our hypotheses. We conclude that the firm's board creates managerial incentives consistent with those of the firm's owners, both by setting compensation and following management change policies which benefit shareholders.
AB - This paper investigates the internal managerial control mechanisms at the disposal of a corporation's compensation-setting board or committee. The hypotheses tested are that both compensation changes and management changes are methods used to control top management, and that the use of these control methods is motivated by changes in the firm's stock price performance. Public data from the period 1977-1980 support our hypotheses. We conclude that the firm's board creates managerial incentives consistent with those of the firm's owners, both by setting compensation and following management change policies which benefit shareholders.
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U2 - 10.1016/0165-4101(85)90027-8
DO - 10.1016/0165-4101(85)90027-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:46549097378
VL - 7
SP - 43
EP - 66
JO - Journal of Accounting and Economics
JF - Journal of Accounting and Economics
SN - 0165-4101
IS - 1-3
ER -