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CEO Turnover and Foreign Market Participation

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Wooster, Rossitza B. (Rossitza Bouneva), 1971- (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-03)

Anecdotal evidence suggests that new CEOs with foreign backgrounds direct their firms to become more international in their operations. We examine this hypothesis formally using data on U.S. S&P-500 manufacturing firms ...
Industrial groupings and foreign direct investment

Blonigen, Bruce A.; Ellis, Christopher J.; Fausten, Dietrich (University of Oregon, Dept of Economics, 2003-03)

We explore worldwide foreign direct investment location decisions by Japanese manufacturing firms from 1985 through 1991. Our conditional logit estimates provide evidence that firms’ location decisions are affected by ...
Work hard, not smart : stock options as compensation

Barron, John M.; Waddell, Glen R. (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-06-01)

This paper examines the optimal compensation package for executives, in particular the optimal mix of stock options and stock grants, for an agent deciding whether to adopt or reject a plan of uncertain value. The compensation ...