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Explicit versus Implicit Contracts: Evidence from CEO Employment Agreements
Published: 07/16/2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01475.x
STUART L. GILLAN, JAY C. HARTZELL, ROBERT PARRINO
We report evidence on the determinants of whether the relationship between a firm and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is governed by an explicit (written) or an implicit agreement. We find that fewer than half of the CEOs of S&P 500 firms have comprehensive explicit employment agreements. Consistent with contracting theory, explicit agreements are more likely to be observed and are likely to have a longer duration in situations in which the sustainability of the relationship is less certain and where the expected loss to the CEO is greater if the firm fails to honor the agreement.
Internal Monitoring Mechanisms and CEO Turnover: A Long‐Term Perspective
Published: 12/17/2002 | DOI: 10.1111/0022-1082.00405
Mark R. Huson, Robert Parrino, Laura T. Starks
We report evidence on chief executive officer (CEO) turnover during the 1971 to 1994 period. We find that the nature of CEO turnover activity has changed over time. The frequencies of forced CEO turnover and outside succession both increased. However, the relation between the likelihood of forced CEO turnover and firm performance did not change significantly from the beginning to the end of the period we examine, despite substantial changes in internal governance mechanisms. The evidence also indicates that changes in the intensity of the takeover market are not associated with changes in the sensitivity of CEO turnover to firm performance.
CEO Contracting and Antitakeover Amendments
Published: 04/18/2012 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1997.tb01118.x
KENNETH A. BOROKHOVICH, KELLY R. BRUNARSKI, ROBERT PARRINO
This article examines incentives for adopting antitakeover charter amendments (ATAs) that are associated with compensation contracts. The evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that antitakeover measures such as ATAs help managers protect above‐market levels of compensation. Chief executive officers (CEOs) of firms that adopt ATAs receive higher salaries and more valuable option grants than CEOs at similar firms that do not adopt them. Furthermore, the magnitude of this difference increases following ATA adoption. The evidence is inconsistent with the hypothesis that ATAs facilitate the writing of efficient compensation contracts.