Remuneration, retention, and reputation incentives for outside directors

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A study examining the types of incentives that are given to outside directors who are appointed on boards of directors of Fortune 500 firms is presented. These incentives are given to outside directors in anticipation of improvement in value of the firm based on reputation of outside directors.

United Kingdom, Executive changes & profiles, Personnel administration, Officials and employees, Corporate directors, Compensation and benefits, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Fortune 500 companies

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The Statistical and Economic Role of Jumps in Continuous-Time Interest Rate Models

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A nonparametric jump-diffusion model is presented. Jump time and size estimates suggest that unanticipated macroeconomic information generates jumps. Jumps play an important role in pricing interest rate options, but overall have only a small impact on yields.

Options (Finance), Return on investment, Rate of return

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The Theory of Bank Risk Taking and Competition Revisited

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The article examines literature regarding bank portfolio choice and increased competition, assesses current theoretical analyses, and concludes that risk-incentive mechanisms are important components of bank competition models.

Commercial Banks, Management dynamics, Models, Banking industry, Management, Competition (Economics), Risk (Economics), Company business management

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