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sans-serif;\">Working Papers<\/h2><div>\u00a0<\/div><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-weight: bolder;\">Eyes on the Clock: Temporality of the CEO Pay and Executive Departure<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bolder; text-align: var(--text-align);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">(with C\u00e9dric Gutierrez and Tomasz Obloj)<\/em><\/h2><div><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><i>Presented at the CCC Doctoral Conference in 2024<\/i><\/span><\/p><p>The design of incentive systems has important implications for organizational dynamics, particularly for executive motivation, retention, and promotion. However, executives\u2019 behavior is influenced not only by their own incentives but also by those of others within the organization. While prior research emphasizes pay magnitude of higher-level employees as a key mechanism prompting comparisons, we argue that the temporal structure of pay, or it\u2019s <em>duration<\/em>, also plays a pivotal role. Drawing on tournament and signaling theories, we theorize that CEO pay duration functions as an unintended signal about promotion opportunities to lower-ranked executives and predict that longer CEO pay duration signals lower promotion prospects for potential successors thus increasing the likelihood of voluntary turnover. Leveraging data on over 3,000 non-CEO executives at Fortune 500 firms, we find that longer CEO pay duration significantly increases the probability of voluntary departure among non-CEO executives, particularly those with higher promotion expectancies. Importantly, the effect is absent for involuntary turnover. We bolster causal plausibility through analyses of lumpy vesting events and the Dodd-Frank Act\u2019s introduction of mandatory \u2018say-on-pay\u2019 votes. This study advances research on promotion tournaments, executive mobility, and signaling theory by introducing the temporal dimension of pay as a critical factor shaping organizational outcomes.<span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">This essay is currently under review in Organization Science and has been presented at various conferences, including the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society annual conferences in 2023, and the CCC Doctoral Conference in 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd9826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edd9826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><h2 style=\"font-family: Assistant, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; font-size: 34px; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bolder; text-align: var(--text-align);\">Same Paycheck, Different Yardsticks: Gender Differences in the Performance Evaluation Criteria of CEO Compensation\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">(with C\u00e9dric Gutierrez)<\/em><\/h2><div><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><i>Winner for the PhD Paper Prize at the SMS Conference in 2024 <\/i><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\">While gender inequalities in compensation are well-documented across various sectors, reports vary on the extent and nature of these inequalities in CEO compensation. Potentially limiting our understanding of these inequalities is the focus on disparities in pay amounts among CEOs, which may mask inequalities in structural processes that influence pay distribution at the CEO level. This paper addresses this gap by examining potential differences between female and male CEOs in two key criteria that guide performance-pay allocation: the number of performance goals and the length of performance evaluation periods. Performance-based pay, which constitutes a significant portion of CEO compensation, relies heavily on these criteria, making their analysis crucial for understanding gender disparities at the CEO level. We explore variations in these performance evaluation criteria for CEOs. The findings reveal that female CEOs often face stricter evaluation criteria, particularly in male-dominated boards and when they have limited past managerial experience. This study contributes to the strategic management literature by providing insights into the complex structures of compensation packages and performance evaluation processes, emphasizing the need for fairer compensation systems that consider gender equity at the CEO level. We are scheduled to present this project at a number of conferences, including the Academy of Management and Strategic Management Society conferences in 2024. The paper is also sorted into the short-list for the PhD Paper Prize in the upcoming Strategic Management Society conference.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b749dd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b749dd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-weight: bolder;\">Taking Stock of Stocks: CEO Long-Term Payments and Corporate Litigation Length<\/span><\/h2><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/h2><\/div><div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\"><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><i>Scheduled to be presented at the SMS Conference in 2024<\/i><\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\">This paper investigates the impact of the vesting of long-term payments to the CEO on the firm&#8217;s approach to handling subsequent lawsuits. Prolonged lawsuits can lead to rising legal costs, diversion of resources from core business activities, and negative publicity that harms the company&#8217;s reputation. To avoid these long-term financial and non-financial penalties, a firm might seek an early settlement through mutual agreement with opposing parties. However, settlements can impose sizeable expenses on the firm, potentially decreasing stock value in the short term. Consequently, managers face a trade-off: they must choose between avoiding lengthy legal battles, with the associated costs, or deferring the legal process to maintain stock values in the present. Given research linking long-term payments with myopic loss aversion, we hypothesize that CEOs vested with long-term compensation shortly before their firms face a lawsuit may prioritize maintaining the value of their payments over the firm&#8217;s long-term benefit. Examining lawsuits against firms, we find a positive relationship between long-term compensation value and lawsuit duration that is more pronounced among CEOs who display a tendency to hold onto their options. In turn, lawsuit duration is negatively linked with firm performance and earnings. This study reveals a novel link between long-term CEO compensation and corporate legal strategy, shedding light on the potentially adverse effects of long-term incentives. This paper is scheduled to be presented at the upcoming Strategic Management Society annual conference.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd53a6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd53a6d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb4f6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cb4f6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-weight: bolder;\">A Time for Carrots and a Time for Sticks? Examining the Effects of Incentive Framing on Creativity\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><h2 style=\"font-size: 34px; font-weight: 400; color: #505557; line-height: 1; font-family: Assistant, sans-serif;\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">(with C\u00e9dric Gutierrez and Pier Vittorio Mannucci)<\/em><\/h2><div><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/em><\/div><\/div><div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 18px; transition: background 0.3s ease 0s, border 0.3s ease 0s, border-radius 0.3s ease 0s, box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s, -webkit-box-shadow 0.3s ease 0s;\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\"><i style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Presented at the AOM Conference in 2022<\/i><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0.9rem;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">This paper studies the effects of incentive framing on various dimensions of individual creativity, in collaboration with C\u00e9dric Gutierrez and Pier Vittorio Mannucci from Bocconi University. Specifically, we compare the effect of negatively framed performance incentives, which induce a perception of loss, with economically equivalent positively framed performance incentives, which induce a perception of gain. We focus on their impact on two crucial creative processes: convergent thinking and divergent thinking. We argue that these processes are facilitated by different mechanisms: convergent thinking is primarily affected by an individual\u2019s focus, while divergent thinking is influenced by cognitive flexibility. To explore the effects of incentive framing on these two processes, we designed an experimental study using the Remote Associates Test (RAT) as the convergent thinking task and the Divergent Association Test (DAT) as the divergent thinking task. Our results suggest that negatively framed incentives are more effective for convergent thinking. Additionally, positive framing appears to reduce performance in divergent thinking, while negative framing yields results comparable to the baseline. We are currently expanding this research by collecting more data and delving further into the mechanisms. 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