CEO promotion, relative performance measures, and institutions in an emerging market: evidence from China’s listed state-owned enterprise
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Chapter Title | CEO promotion, relative performance measures, and institutions in an emerging market: evidence from China’s listed state-owned enterprise |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 5694 |
Book Title | The political economy of Chinese finance |
Authors | Hu, Fang (Author) and Zhang, Yahua (Author) |
Editors | Choi, J. Jay, Powers, Michael R. and Zhang, Tina Xiaotian |
Volume | 17 |
Page Range | 115-148 |
Series | International Finance Review |
Number of Pages | 34 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISBN | 9781785609589 |
ISSN | 1569-3767 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-376720160000017011 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/S1569-376720160000017011 |
Abstract | This paper investigates CEO turnover and the usefulness of relative performance evaluation (RPE) as a management incentive in an emerging economy lacking market-based competition. In a sample of China’s listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the period 2001-2005, we find that 41% of departing CEOs in SOEs is being promoted. The promotion is positively associated with preceding firm performance relative to peers in the same region and this association is more significant than that between the promotion and firm’s specific performance. Furthermore, the promotion outperforms other incentive schemes such as CEO demotions by 5%-8% in terms of subsequent Tobin’s Q in three years. These consequences persist in undeveloped regions where there are fewer firms listed on the stock market, a lower stock market capitalization, or a higher regional Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. The findings imply that promotion based on RPE provides a critical incentive by creating competitions. |
Keywords | incentive scheme, promotion, Relative Performance Evaluation (RPE), market competition, China’s SOEs |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380107. Financial economics |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
School of Commerce | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3v2q/ceo-promotion-relative-performance-measures-and-institutions-in-an-emerging-market-evidence-from-china-s-listed-state-owned-enterprise
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