{"title":"The impact of outcome uncertainty on corporate investment compensation peer effects","authors":"Yu-En Lin , Yu-Xin Xu , Bo Yu , Keith S.K. Lam","doi":"10.1016/j.najef.2024.102349","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates the compensation peer effect of investments and the moderate effect of outcome uncertainty on the compensation peer effect in the US stock markets. We document two new findings. Our results suggest a significant positive relation between firms’ own and compensation peers’ investments and a significant negative moderate effect of the outcome uncertainty on the relation. In addition, we also find that the moderate effect is more pronounced in the low information accuracy groups, suggesting that the inaccurate information disclosure of compensation peers’ investments is the main cause of the negative moderate effect. Our results remain sound after various robustness and endogenous tests.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47831,"journal":{"name":"North American Journal of Economics and Finance","volume":"76 ","pages":"Article 102349"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"North American Journal of Economics and Finance","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1062940824002742","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study investigates the compensation peer effect of investments and the moderate effect of outcome uncertainty on the compensation peer effect in the US stock markets. We document two new findings. Our results suggest a significant positive relation between firms’ own and compensation peers’ investments and a significant negative moderate effect of the outcome uncertainty on the relation. In addition, we also find that the moderate effect is more pronounced in the low information accuracy groups, suggesting that the inaccurate information disclosure of compensation peers’ investments is the main cause of the negative moderate effect. Our results remain sound after various robustness and endogenous tests.
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The focus of the North-American Journal of Economics and Finance is on the economics of integration of goods, services, financial markets, at both regional and global levels with the role of economic policy in that process playing an important role. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Empirical and policy-related papers that rely on data and the experiences of countries outside North America are also welcome. Papers should offer concrete lessons about the ongoing process of globalization, or policy implications about how governments, domestic or international institutions, can improve the coordination of their activities. Empirical analysis should be capable of replication. Authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to supply data and computer programs.