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1、外文题目ExecutiveCompensationAndIncentives外文出处AcodemyofManagementPerspectives,2006(2):p25-40外文作者 MartinJ.Conyon原文:ExecutiveCompensationAndIncentivesMartinJ.ConyonExecutivecompensationisacomplexandcontroversialsubject.Formanyyears,academics,policymakers,andthemediahavedrawn
2、attentiontothehighlevelsofpayawardedtoU.S.chiefexecutiveofficers(CEOs),questioningwhethertheyareconsistentwithshareholderinterests.SomeacademicshavefurtherarguedthatflawsinCEOpayarrangementsanddeviationsfromshareholders’interestsarewidespreadandconsiderable.Forexample,L
3、ucianBebchukandJesseFriedprovidealucidaccountofthemanagerialpowerviewandaccompanyingevidence.MarianneBertrandandSendhilMullainathantooprovideananalysisofthe‘skimmingview’ofCEOpay.Incontrast,JohnCoreetal.presentaneconomiccontractingapproachtoexecutivepayandincentives,ass
4、essingwhetherCEOsreceiveinefficientpaywithoutperformance.Inthispaper,weshowwhathashappenedtoCEOpayintheUnitedStates.Wedonotclaimtodistinguishbetweenthecontractingandmanagerialpowerviewsofexecutivepay.Instead,wedocumentthepatternofexecutivepayandincentivesintheUnitedStat
5、es,investigatingwhetherthispatternisconsistentwitheconomictheory.TheContext:WhoSetsExecutivePay?Beforeexaminingtheempiricalevidencepresentedinthispaper,itisimportanttoconsiderthepay-settingprocessandwhosetsexecutivepay.Thestandardeconomictheoryofexecutivecompensationist
6、heprincipal-agentmodel.Thetheorymaintainsthatfirmsseektodesignthemostefficientcompensationpackagespossibleinordertoattract,retain,andmotivateCEOs,executives,andmanagers.Intheagencymodel,shareholderssetpay.Inpractice,however,thecompensationcommitteeoftheboarddeterminespa
7、yonbehalfofshareholders.Aprincipal(shareholder)designsacontractandmakesanoffertoanagent(CEO/manager).Executivecompensationamelioratesamoralhazardproblem(i.e.,manageropportunism)arisingfromlowfirmownership.Byusingstockoptions,restrictedstock,andlong-termcontracts,shareho
8、ldersmotivatetheCEOtomaximizefirmvalue.Inotherwords,shareholderstrytodesignoptimalcompensationpackagestoprovid