This article surveys corporate governance in China, as described in a growing literature
published in top journals. Unlike the classical vertical agency problems in Western …

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on executive compensation. We
start by presenting data on the level of CEO and other top executive pay over time and …

Abstract Research Summary This article examines whether—in the absence of mandated
disclosure requirements—shareholder activism can elicit greater disclosure of firms' …

This article analyzes how patent-induced shocks to labor productivity propagate into worker
compensation using a new linkage of US patent applications to US business and worker tax …

We examine how firms respond to the increased workplace transparency due to the
coverage on Glassdoor. com, which collects and disseminates reviews on employee …

Research Summary This study examines the integration of corporate social responsibility
(CSR) criteria in executive compensation, a relatively recent practice in corporate …

We show that firms with younger CEOs are more likely to experience stock price crashes,
including crashes caused by revelation of negative news in the form of breaks in strings of …

In this study, we examine whether and how CEO tenure affects firms' corporate social
responsibility (CSR) performance. Using a sample of US firms for the 1999–2013 period, we …

Countries around the world are enacting pay transparency policies to combat pay
discrimination. Since 2000, 71 percent of OECD countries have done so. Most are enacting …

Research summary: In this paper, we theorize and empirically investigate how a long‐term
orientation impacts firm value. To study this relationship, we exploit exogenous changes in …