This paper helps to explain the dividend patterns of large corporations by presenting a dynamic model where payout based incentives simultaneously mitigate opportunistic actions (perquisites) and induce managers to convey inside information to the market. Incentive compatibility links the...

We analyze how the top firms and managers from one market (industry or country) would compete with those from another, to develop an integrated market for talent. In our competitive matching model, in two distinct markets talent has general and market-specific human capital (GHC and M-SHC)...