Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
49 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2013 Last revised: 13 Feb 2022
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Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Seeking Alpha: Excess Risk Taking and Competition for Managerial Talent
Date Written: March 2013
Abstract
We present a model in which managers are risk-averse and firms compete for scarce managerial talent ("alpha"). When managers are not mobile across firms, firms provide efficient compensation, which allows for learning about managerial talent and for insurance of low-quality managers. When instead managers can move across firms, firms cannot offer co-insurance among employees. In anticipation, risk-averse managers may churn across firms or undertake aggregate risks in order to delay the revelation of their true quality. The result is excessive risk-taking with pay for short-term performance and an accumulation of long-term risks. We conclude with a discussion of policies to address the inefficiency in compensation.
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