Search for dissertations about: "Executive Compensation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Executive Compensation.

  2. 1. Essays on Takeovers and Executive Compensation

    Author : Van Diem Nguyen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Takeovers; takeover premium; takeover gains; gain division; executive compensation; corporate governance; ownership; foundation;

    Abstract : Paper 1. The non-US premium discount in global takeovers This paper examines takeover premia around the world and documents a significant discount in bid offers to target firms outside the US. Controlling for deal-level premium determinants, the non-US discount approximates seven percent of the target pre-deal stock price. READ MORE

  4. 2. Essays on Managerial Compensation

    Author : Karl Göran Österholm; Martin Holmén; Andreas Westermark; Mikko Leppämäki; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Executive Compensation; Principal Agent; Hidden Action; Moral Hazard; Convex Compensation Contracts; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  5. 3. Executive Compensation -The Role of Largest Owners and Board of Directors in Sweden

    Author : Niuosha Samani; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; CEO compensation; ownership structure; board structure; Sweden; control; DVR;

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  6. 4. Giving Executives Their Due: Just Pay, Desert, and Equality

    Author : Alexander Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Just pay; Desert; Equality; Incentives; CEO compensation; Maximum income policies; Egalitarianism; Financial ethics;

    Abstract : Before, during, and after the global financial crisis of 2008, executive pay practices were widely debated and criticized. Economists, philosophers, as well as the man on the street all seem to have strong feelings towards how much, in what ways, and on what grounds executives are paid. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays in empirical corporate finance

    Author : Joakim Bång; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In the first of the three chapters in this thesis, the effects of overlapping board directorships on executive compensation are analyzed. In particular the possibility of more or less explicit agreements to reciprocally increase compensation levels, or the possibility that the personal relationships of board members and CEOs determine compensation levels are examined, with suggestive results. READ MORE