Restrictions on CEO Mobility, Performance-Turnover Sensitivity, and Compensation: Evidence from Non-Compete Agreements

63 Pages Posted: 30 May 2018

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Omesh Kini

Georgia State University

Ryan Williams

Université Paris-Dauphine, PSL Research University; Enoda

David Yin

Miami University of Ohio

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Date Written: May 29, 2018

Abstract

Using hand-collected data on CEO non-compete agreements (NCAs), we find that CEOs are less likely to have NCAs when they face greater employment risk and more likely when firms expect to suffer greater harm if departing CEOs work with competitors in some capacity. Additionally, we find that the performance-turnover sensitivity is significantly stronger when CEOs have NCAs. Finally, we find that total compensation and incentive pay are higher if CEOs have enforceable NCAs. Our identification strategy exploits staggered state-level changes in NCA enforceability. Our findings suggest that restrictions on mobility have important implications for how boards monitor and compensate CEOs.

Keywords: CEO Non-Compete Contracts, CEO Mobility, CEO Performance-Turnover Sensitivity, CEO Pay, CEO Compensation Structure

JEL Classification: G30, G32, G34, K22, L22, L25

Suggested Citation

Kini, Omesh and Williams, Ryan and Yin, David, Restrictions on CEO Mobility, Performance-Turnover Sensitivity, and Compensation: Evidence from Non-Compete Agreements (May 29, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3186802 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3186802

Omesh Kini

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Ryan Williams

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David Yin (Contact Author)

Miami University of Ohio ( email )

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United States

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