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| Author | : Edward Lee |
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| Total Pages | : 31 |
| Release | : 2008 |
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We value UK executive stock options (ESOs) as American options that are awarded conditional on the probability of the holders achieving some performance criteria. Unlike the standard Black and Scholes (BS) model, which is universally used both in the literature and practice, this provides a more realistic representation of UK ESOs. We show that UK ESOs actually have less value and contain more incentives than they appear under the BS approach. Specifically, we observe a 17% average discount in the value of the ESOs when compared to their BS value. In addition, we find significantly higher incentive levels when we measure the sensitivity of the options using the hedge ratio, i.e. the option's delta. We argue that these findings have implications for two contemporary debates in the UK, i.e. the substitution of ESOs by Long-Term Incentive Plans (LTIPs) and the discounting of ESO value from company profits.
| Author | : Jennifer Carpenter |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 159 |
| Release | : 2013-04-17 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1475751923 |
Executive compensation has gained widespread public attention in recent years, with the pay of top U.S. executives reaching unprecedented levels compared either with past levels, with the remuneration of top executives in other countries, or with the wages and salaries of typical employees. The extraordinary levels of executive compensation have been achieved at a time when U.S. public companies have realized substantial gains in stock market value. Many have cited this as evidence that U.S. executive compensation works well, rewarding managers who make difficult decisions that lead to higher shareholder values, while others have argued that the overly generous salaries and benefits bear little relation to company performance. Recent conceptual and empirical research permits for the first time a truly rigorous debate on these and related issues, which is the subject of this volume.
| Author | : Tung-Hsiao Yang |
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| Total Pages | : 44 |
| Release | : 2008 |
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It is widely believed that because of liquidity constraints and vesting requirements, executives value stock options at less than market or Black-Scholes-Merton values, as would be perceived by outside investors. This belief is contingent, however, on a subtle assumption that executives are, like shareholders, price takers with no ability to influence the underlying stock. But executives clearly have the ability to influence the stock, as that is the principal reason why they are granted the options. As such, executives are likely to be more willing to hold options than would ordinary investors, an important fact not captured in conventional models. We develop a model in which executives exert costly effort to alter the stock return distribution. We find that when executives act optimally, their options are worth much more than generally believed and potentially more than the market values of the options. Thus, conventional wisdom that the cost of stock options is less than the market value of these options is not necessarily true as these options can even be worth more than Black-Scholes-Merton value. In addition, this factor changes the behavior of early exercise, leading to exercise at higher threshold prices for higher quality executives and can make shorter term options be worth more than longer term options.
| Author | : Dr. Edward Lee |
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| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2006 |
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| Author | : Brian J. Hall |
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| Total Pages | : 60 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Chief executive officers |
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Detailed data about stock option contracts are used to measure and analyze the pay to performance incentives of executive stock options. Two main issues are addressed. The first is the pay to performance incentives created by the revaluation of stock option holdings. The findings suggest that if CEO stock holdings were replaced by the same ex ante value of stock options, the pay to performance sensitivity of the median CEO would approximately double. Relative to granting at the money options, a value neutral policy of regularly granting options out of the money (Pe=1.5P) would increase pay to performance sensitivity by approximately 27 percent. The second issue is the pay to performance created by yearly stock option grants. Because most stock option plans are multi year plans, it is shown that different option granting plans have significantly different pay to performance incentives since changes in current stock prices affect the value of future option grants in different ways. Four option granting policies are compared and contrasted. Ranked from highest powered to lowest powered, these policies are: 1) LBO-style up-front options, 2) fixed number policies, 3) fixed value policies and 4) an (unofficial) policy of "back-door repricing." Empirical evidence suggests that (even ignoring the revaluation of past option grants) the pay to performance relationship in practice is stronger for 1) stock option grants relative to salary and bonus, and 2) fixed number plans relative to non-fixed number plans.
| Author | : Ulrike Neubauer |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Does repricing of executive stock options, i.e. the practice of lowering the exercise price when options are out-of-the-money unfairly reward managers for poor performance and thereby undermine incentives set by the compensation contract? In a study that compares the pay package containing repriced option with an otherwise adjusted package it is shown that repricing is not more expensive to shareholders than otherwise adjusting non-option compensation components. However, the package containing repriced options provides significantly stronger incentives. Furthermore, a policy that constrains the board of directors from repricing does not have significant effects on shareholders' returns."
| Author | : Jennifer N. Carpenter |
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| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1998 |
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This paper evaluates the performance of two option models in predicting the exercise decisions of managers who hold nontransferable executive stock options. Using data on option exercises from 40 firms from 1979 to 1994, I compare the predictions of an elaborate model based on utility maximization and those from a naive model that combines standard option exercise theory with an exogenous departure rate. I show that the naive model provides just as good a description of actual exercise patterns as the utility-based model. The naive model could therefore be better for valuing executive stock options. With the increasing use of stock option plans at U.S. firms, this research is important because it improves our understanding of the cost to shareholders of option compensation.
| Author | : Donald P. Delves |
| Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2003-09-22 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0071436324 |
"As a former CEO and independent director of several corporations, I find Don Delves' discussion of executive compensation -- including detailed and insightful reviews of the issues involving stock options -- to be exceedingly instructive. This is a book that members of compensation committees, indeed all corporate board members should read." -B. Kenneth West, Former CEO, Harris Trust and Savings Bank and member of several corporate boards. Guidelines for curbing today's stock option abuses, and making "payment for performance" the new imperative Stock options account for up to 90 percent of the average CEO's compensation--despite a falling stock market and often plunging corporate earnings. Stock Options and the New Rules of Corporate Accountability examines this hot-button issue, proposing new methodologies and techniques for better aligning stock options, executive compensation, performance rewards, and accounting, and making sense of what has become today's most controversial form of compensation. Executive compensation authority Don Delves explains how high-profile corporations like GE and Coca-Cola have opted to expense stock options and have adjusted their policies to prevent options from becoming disincentive tools, and he shows others how to follow suit. In addition, Delves gives decision makers the knowledge they need to: Increase accountability by treating stock options as expenses Balance options with other incentives Create healthier contracts between employers and employees
| Author | : Jennifer N. Carpenter |
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| Total Pages | : 22 |
| Release | : 2008 |
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The cost of executive stock options to shareholders has become a focus of attention in finance and accounting. The difficulty is that the value of these options depends on the exercise policies of the executives. Because these options are nontransferable, the usual theory does not apply. We analyze the optimal exercise policy for a utility-maximizing executive and indicate when the policy is characterized by a critical stock price boundary. We provide a counterexample in which the executive exercises at low and high stock prices but not in between. We show how the policy varies with risk aversion, wealth, and volatility and explore implications for option value. For example, option value can decline as volatility rises.
| Author | : Benjamin Hermalin |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 762 |
| Release | : 2017-09-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0444635408 |
The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, Volume One, covers all issues important to economists. It is organized around fundamental principles, whereas multidisciplinary books on corporate governance often concentrate on specific topics. Specific topics include Relevant Theory and Methods, Organizational Economic Models as They Pertain to Governance, Managerial Career Concerns, Assessment & Monitoring, and Signal Jamming, The Institutions and Practice of Governance, The Law and Economics of Governance, Takeovers, Buyouts, and the Market for Control, Executive Compensation, Dominant Shareholders, and more. Providing excellent overviews and summaries of extant research, this book presents advanced students in graduate programs with details and perspectives that other books overlook. - Concentrates on underlying principles that change little, even as the empirical literature moves on - Helps readers see corporate governance systems as interrelated or even intertwined external (country-level) and internal (firm-level) forces - Reviews the methodological tools of the field (theory and empirical), the most relevant models, and the field's substantive findings, all of which help point the way forward
