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The Economic Consequences of Perk Disclosure

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  • Yaniv Grinstein
  • David Weinbaum
  • Nir Yehuda

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In December 2006, the SEC issued new rules requiring enhanced disclosure by public U.S. firms of perquisites granted to their executives. The rules applied to perquisites granted in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter. Because the rules were implemented quickly, the perks disclosed for 2006 reflect the arrangements firms made under prior disclosure rules: firms could not revise perks to reflect the new rules until 2007. For firms that disclose for the first time in 2006, we predict and find that perks decrease in 2007, reflecting both the costs of increased disclosure and enhanced monitoring. This decrease in perks is offset by higher levels of non†perk compensation, however. We also predict and find that the effect of perk disclosure by formerly non†disclosing firms in 2006 leads to higher perks in 2007 for firms that were disclosing perks prior to the rule change.En décembre 2006, la SEC instaurait de nouvelles règles exigeant la communication d'information améliorée sur les avantages indirects qu'octroient à leurs dirigeants les sociétés des États†Unis faisant appel public à l’épargne. Ces règles s'appliquaient aux avantages indirects octroyés au cours de l'exercice 2006 et des exercices ultérieurs. Les nouvelles règles ayant été adoptées rapidement, les avantages indirects à l’égard desquels des informations ont été communiquées en 2006 reflétaient les accords que les sociétés avaient conclus sous le régime des règles antérieures : les sociétés étaient dans l'impossibilité de réviser les avantages indirects pour tenir compte des nouvelles règles avant 2007. Dans le cas des sociétés qui présentaient cette information pour la première fois en 2006, les auteurs formulent et confirment l'hypothèse d'une diminution des avantages indirects en 2007, reflétant les coûts tant des obligations d'information accrues que de l'exercice d'une surveillance plus grande. Cette diminution des avantages indirects était toutefois compensée par des niveaux plus élevés de rémunération sous d'autres formes que les avantages indirects. Les auteurs prévoient et constatent également que la communication, en 2006, d'information relative aux avantages indirects par des sociétés qui ne publiaient pas cette information auparavant entraîne à la hausse les avantages indirects en 2007 dans les entreprises qui communiquaient déjà de l'information sur les avantages indirects, avant l'adoption des nouvelles règles.

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  • Yaniv Grinstein & David Weinbaum & Nir Yehuda, 2017. "The Economic Consequences of Perk Disclosure," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(4), pages 1812-1842, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:4:p:1812-1842
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12343
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