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dc.contributor.authorInderst, Roman-
dc.contributor.authorMueller, Holger M-
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-11T10:29:28Z-
dc.date.available2008-05-11T10:29:28Z-
dc.date.issued2006-12-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2451/25995-
dc.description.abstractWe consider the joint optimal design of CEOs’ severance pay and on-the-job pay in a model in which the CEO has interim private information about the likely success of his strategy. The board faces a tradeoff between reducing the likelihood that the firm forgoes an efficient strategy change and limiting the CEO’s informational rents. The optimal truthtelling mech-anism takes a simple form: it consists of fixed severance pay and high-powered, non-linear on-the-job pay, such as a bonus scheme or option grant. Our model makes testable predic-tions linking CEOs’ severance pay and on-the-job pay to each other as well as to the firm’s external business environment, firm size, and corporate governance.en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCLB-06-022en
dc.titleCEO Compensation and Private Information: An Optimal Contracting Perspectiveen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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