We use cookies in order to improve the quality and usability of the HSE website. More information about the use of cookies is available here, and the regulations on processing personal data can be found here. By continuing to use the site, you hereby confirm that you have been informed of the use of cookies by the HSE website and agree with our rules for processing personal data. You may disable cookies in your browser settings.

International College of Economics and Finance

ICEF/LFE Research Seminar by Miguel Anton (IESE Business School)

On Thursday, December 1 at 4.40 pm, room 3211 (Shabolovka str. 26) ICEF and LFE held the Research Seminar.
Speaker: Miguel Anton (IESE Business School)
Theme: "Common Ownership, Competition, and Top Management Incentives" joint with Florian Ederer, Mireia Giné, and Martin Schmalz


Abstract: We show theoretically and empirically that executives are paid less for their own firm's performance and more for their rivals' performance if an industry's firms are more commonly owned by the same set of investors. Higher common ownership also leads to higher unconditional total pay. We exploit quasi-exogenous variation in common ownership from a mutual fund trading scandal to support a causal interpretation. These findings challenge conventional assumptions in the corporate finance literature about the objective function of the firm. 


Forthcoming seminars

Past seminar


 

Have you spotted a typo?
Highlight it, click Ctrl+Enter and send us a message. Thank you for your help!