Faculty in the news

Professor Shahbaz Sheikh was recently featured in the news for his research: CEO inside debt, market structure and payout policy. 

Excerpt from the Social Science news

How an organization decides to provide compensation for its CEO will impact its risk and dividend policy.

Shahbaz Sheikh, Professor of Finance in the DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, has examined the influence of CEO compensation in , ‘CEO inside debt, market structure and payout policy,’ published in International Review of Financial Analysis.

CEOs get salary and bonus, but most compensation comes from stocks and options. Providing compensation through these means is considered good corporate governance, connecting the compensation of the CEO to the performance of the company.

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