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Incentive Risk-taking

Incentive Risk-Taking is a theoretical construct in compensation economics that denotes the propensity of individuals to engage in heightened risk-taking behavior as a direct response to the structure and expectations of cash incentive programs.

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3.8K

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123

Authors

104

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2017–2026

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Publications

56

Compensation, Incentives, and the Duality of Risk Aversion and Riskiness

Stephen A. Ross · The Journal of Finance · 2004 · 706 citations

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Employment risk, compensation incentives, and managerial risk taking: Evidence from the mutual fund industry

Alexander Kempf, Stefan Ruenzi, Tanja Thiele · Journal of Financial Economics · 2008 · 296 citations

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Influences of top management team incentives on firm risk taking

Peter Wright, Mark Kroll, Jeffrey A. Krug et al. · Strategic Management Journal · 2006 · 225 citations

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Managerial Risk-Taking Incentive and Firm Innovation: Evidence from FAS 123R

Connie X. Mao, Chi Zhang · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis · 2018 · 219 citations

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Managerial risk taking incentives and corporate pension policy

Divya Anantharaman, Yong Gyu Lee · Journal of Financial Economics · 2013 · 180 citations

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Authors

123

  1. CX
    Connie X. Mao

    Temple University, United States

    2 publications · 273 citations

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  2. JE
    John E. Core

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 77 citations

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  3. SR
    Stefan Ruenzi

    University of Mannheim, Germany

    2 publications · 404 citations

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  4. TT
    Tanja Thiele

    University of Cologne, Germany

    2 publications · 404 citations

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  5. HH
    Harald Hau

    Swiss Finance Institute, Switzerland

    2 publications · 44 citations

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Institutions

104

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    123 citations

  2. Western University

    London, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    503 citations

  3. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    1K citations

  4. Ifo Institute for Economic Research

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    213 citations

  5. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

    Troy, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

  6. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  7. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    215 citations

  8. Bank of Finland

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 432 citations

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  2. Journal of Corporate Finance

    4 publications · 277 citations

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  3. Journal of Banking & Finance

    3 publications · 378 citations

    3

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  4. European Journal of Operational Research

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  5. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 37 citations

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