This dissertation contains three essays on the topic of executive compensation.
This dissertation contains three essays on the topic of executive compensation. Essay I investigates the impact of long-term incentives in executive compensation on the risk-taking behavior of German firms. Essay II explores the effects of different compensation systems on the risk-taking behavior of individuals who assume the role of executives in a laboratory experiment. Essay III studies the influence of the physical attractiveness of executive board members of German firms on the level of their compensation.
Verena Katharina Maria Limbrunner
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Management, Chair of Management Accounting
Executive compensation risk-taking behavior long-term incentives laboratory experiment physical attractiveness facial picture analysis