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Author:Matsunaga, S. R.
Park, C. W.
Title:The Effect of Missing a Quarterly Earnings Benchmark on the CECTs Annual Bonus
Journal:Accounting Review
2001 : JUL, VOL. 76:3, p. 313-332
Index terms:EXECUTIVES
COMPENSATION
EARNINGS
BENCHMARKING
Language:eng
Abstract:The authors investigate the effects of missing quarterly earnings benchmarks on the CEO's annual bonus. After controlling for the general pay-for-performance relation, the authors find a significant incremental adverse effect on CEO annual cash bonuses when the firm's quarterly earnings fall short of the consensus analyst forecast or the earnings for the same quarter of the prior year, for at least two quarters during the year. However, the authors find that the relation between the bonus and the number of loss quarters is not significant. The authors' results suggest that CEO bonus payments provide CEOs with economic incentives to meet quarterly analyst earnings forecasts and earnings from the same quarter of the prior year.
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