Financial Information and Executive Compensation

We are examining the use of financial information in executive compensation.

Student Outcomes

Deep understanding of the company’s mandatory disclosure, Thorough understanding of GAAP and Non-GAAP financial measures, learning how to find useful information from public resources, becoming familiar with qualitative research using public data, tremendous hands-on research experiences, and may be eligible for up to 10 independent study credits.

Student Qualifications

Require detail-oriented data collection skills, Have an interest in financial accounting in general and financial accounting research in particular, self-motivated, committed to fast-paced and intensive data collection tasks.

Student Responsibilities

Collect compensation data from the company’s disclosure “of the proxy statement; and collect the financial data from the earnings press release. A one-quarter commitment on this research project is required, longer time commitments are preferred. The length of the project depends on student’s pace and availability. I do not require a fixed number of hours per week but the bi-weekly online meeting may be necessary to check RA’s progress. I am currently at Hong Kong Polytechnic University so students will be supervised using remote technologies.