Study level

  • Master of Philosophy

Faculty/School

Faculty of Business and Law

School of Accountancy

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Research centre

Supervisors

Professor Pamela Kent
Position
Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Business & Law
Dr Tracy Qu
Position
Senior Lecturer
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Business & Law

Overview

Since the last decade, there have been intense debates over whether executive compensation contracts are set optimally for interest alignment between management and shareholders. As Jensen and Murphy (2010) noted, the real problem of compensation is 'not how much you pay, but how'. While there is an agreement that performance-based pay can influence corporate investment decisions, the evidence is less clear on how and to what extent such a link is established. The real interest of this study is to examine the design of compensation contracts that motivates CEOs to make more efficient capital allocation decisions.

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