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Founding Family Firms, CEO Incentive Pay, and Dual Agency Problems

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  • Mieszko Mazur
  • Betty H.t. Wu

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This paper contributes to the literature on agency theory by examining relations between family involvement and CEO compensation. Using a panel of 362 small U.S. listed firms, we analyze how founding families influence firm performance through option portfolio price sensitivity. Consistent with the dual agency framework, we find that family firms have lower CEO incentive pay, which is further reduced by higher executive ownership. Interestingly, such incentive pay offsets the positive impact that families have on firm valuation. Collectively, our results show that, compared with nonfamily firms, lower incentive pay adopted by family firms due to lower agency costs mitigates the direct effect of family involvement on firm performance. Once accounting for CEO incentive pay, we do not observe performance differences between family and nonfamily firms.

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  • Mieszko Mazur & Betty H.t. Wu, 2016. "Founding Family Firms, CEO Incentive Pay, and Dual Agency Problems," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(4), pages 1099-1125, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:54:y:2016:i:4:p:1099-1125
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12237
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    1. Miaowei Peng & Xue Tan, 2023. "Does controlling persons’ foreign residency rights influence executive compensation?," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(7), pages 2375-2416, October.
    2. Avinash Ghalke & Arunima Haldar & Satish Kumar, 2023. "Family firm ownership and its impact on performance: evidence from an emerging market," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 493-512, February.
    3. Danilo Bertoni & Daniele Cavicchioli & Laure Latruffe, 2023. "Impact of business transfer on economic performance: the case of Italian family farms," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 48(2), pages 186-213.
    4. Jenny Kragl & Alberto Palermo & Guoqian Xi & Joern Block, 2023. "Hiring family or non-family managers when non-economic (sustainability) goals matter? A multitask agency model," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 61(2), pages 675-700, August.

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