Internal monitoring, regulation, and compensation of top executives in banks

James S. Ang, Beni Lauterbach, Ben Z. Schreiber

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Abstract

This paper examines the relation between incentive pay, monitoring, and regulatory requirements in banks. Using a one-period model with asymmetrical information between the bank owner and the top management team, as well as within the team itself, we show that (1) incentive pay increases the mutual-monitoring activity among top executives; (2) senior executives, especially the CEO, collect more incentive pay than their subordinates; and (3) bank regulations, such as capital adequacy (CAD) requirements, reduce the absolute amount of incentive pay granted to executives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)325-335
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Review of Economics and Finance
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2001

Keywords

  • Bank regulation
  • Executive compensation
  • Non-CEO top executives

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