This questionnaire survey of fund managers in USA, Germany, and Switzerland documents a distinctly positive influence of bonus payments on investment behavior on both sides of the Atlantic. Higher bonus payments are significantly related to higher working effort but not to risk-taking. They also...

Während institutionelle Investoren in stetig wachsenden Finanzmärkten seit Jahren unaufhaltsam an Bedeutung gewinnen, ist die Vorgehensweise dieser Marktakteure - insbesondere die der einflussreichen Untergruppe der Fondsmanager - bislang relativ unerforscht. Um diese Lücke zu schließen,...

This questionnaire survey of fund managers in USA, Germany, and Switzerland documents a distinctly positive influence of bonus payments on investment behavior on both sides of the Atlantic. Higher bonus payments are significantly related to higher working effort but not to risk-taking. They also...