Passing the dividend baton: The impact of dividend policy on new CEOs' initial compensation

Chen, Jie, Song, Wei and Goergen, Marc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-2651 2019. Passing the dividend baton: The impact of dividend policy on new CEOs' initial compensation. Journal of Corporate Finance 56 , pp. 458-481. 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2019.04.004

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Abstract

We examine how firms' dividend policy affects the initial compensation of their newly appointed CEOs. We focus on newly appointed CEOs to isolate the effect of dividends on compensation and to provide new insights into an aspect largely neglected by compensation research. We show that the dividend payout is positively related to new CEO compensation. Further, the positive effect of dividends is stronger for firms with no dividend cuts over the past two, three and four years, firms with relatively high institutional ownership, and those with strong boards, consistent with new CEOs receiving higher pay as compensation for greater dividend pressure.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0929-1199
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	2 May 2019
Date of Acceptance:	8 April 2019
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 19:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/122106

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