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- Publisher
- Springer Journals
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- Subject
- Finance; Corporate Finance; Accounting/Auditing; Econometrics; Operation Research/Decision Theory
- ISSN
- 0924-865X
- eISSN
- 1573-7179
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11156-011-0230-7
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Abstract
Motivated by concerns that stock-based compensation might lead to excessive risk-taking, this paper’s main purpose is to examine the relations between CEO incentives and the cost of debt. Unlike prior research, this paper uses the sensitivities of CEO stock and option portfolios to stock price (delta) and stock return volatility (vega) to measure CEO incentives to invest in risky projects. Higher delta (vega) is predicted to be related to lower (higher) cost of debt. The results show that yield spreads on new debt issues are lower for firms with higher CEO delta and are unrelated to CEO vega. The results also show that yield spreads are higher for firms whose CEOs hold more shares and stock options. In sum, the results suggest that both percentage-ownership and option sensitivity variables are important in understanding relations between CEO incentives and the cost of debt.
Journal
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting – Springer Journals
Published: Mar 19, 2011