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Reciprocally Interlocking Boards Of Directors And Executive Compensation, Kevin F. Hallock
Reciprocally Interlocking Boards Of Directors And Executive Compensation, Kevin F. Hallock
Kevin F Hallock
Is executive compensation influenced by the composition of the board of directors? About 8% of chief executive officers (CEOs) are reciprocally interlocked with another CEO—the current CEO of firm A serves as a director of firm B and the current CEO of firm B serves as a director of firm A. Roughly 20% of firms have at least one current or retired employee sitting on the board of another firm and vice versa. I investigate how these and other features of board composition affect CEO pay by using a sample of 9,804 director positions in America's largest companies. CEOs who …
Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, And Firm Performance, Kevin F. Hallock
Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, And Firm Performance, Kevin F. Hallock
Kevin F Hallock
This paper examines the connection between layoffs, executive pay, and stock prices. Firms that announce layoffs in the previous year pay their CEOs more, and give their CEOs larger percentage raises than firms which do not have at least one layoff announcement in the previous year. However, the likelihood of announcing a layoff varies dramatically along with other dimensions, for example firm size, which are also correlated with CEO pay. Once firm-specific fixed effects are controlled for, the CEO pay premium for laying off workers disappears. In addition, there is a small negative share price reaction to layoff announcements.