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dc.contributor.authorBANDIERA, Oriana
dc.contributor.authorGUISO, Luigi
dc.contributor.authorPRAT, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorSADUN, Raffaella
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-02T15:28:02Z
dc.date.available2009-03-02T15:28:02Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.issn1725-6704
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/10767
dc.description.abstractWe provide evidence on the match between firms, managers and incentives using a new survey designed for this purpose. The survey contains information on a sample of executives’ risk preferences and human capital, on the explicit and implicit incentives they face and on the firms they work for. We model a market for managerial talent where both firms and managers are heterogeneous. Following the sources of heterogeneity observed in the data, we assume that firms differ by ownership structure and that family firms, though caring about profits, put relatively more weight on benefits of direct control than non-family firms. Managers differ in their degree of risk aversion and talent. The entry of firms and managers, the choice of managerial compensation schemes and the manager firm matching are all endogenous. The model yields predictions on several equilibrium correlations that find support in our data: (i) Family firms use managerial contracts that are less sensitive to performance, both explicitly through bonus pay and implicitly through career development; (ii) More talented and risk-tolerant managers are matched with firms that offer steeper contracts. (iii) Managers who face steeper contracts work harder, earn more and display higher job satisfaction. Alternative explanations may account for some of these correlations but not for all of them jointly.en
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dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEuropean University Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEUI ECOen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2009/14en
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectmanagerial incentivesen
dc.subjectmatchingen
dc.subjectfirm performanceen
dc.subjectfamily firmsen
dc.titleMatching Firms, Managers and Incentivesen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.neeo.contributorBANDIERA|Oriana|aut|
dc.neeo.contributorGUISO|Luigi|aut|EUI70005
dc.neeo.contributorPRAT|Andrea|aut|
dc.neeo.contributorSADUN|Raffaella|aut|
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