Myopic Corporate Behaviour with Optimal Management Incentives

Gerald T. Garvey, Simon Grant and Stephen King

Journal of Industrial Economics, 1999, vol. 47, issue 2, 231-250

Abstract: Existing models in which stock markets lead to corporate ‘short‐termism’ rely on an exogenously imposed objective for top managers. This paper endogenizes both managers’ concern for short‐term stock prices and the resulting distortions. We show that when the manager can trade on her own account on the stock market in a way that is observable to market participants but which is not verifiable in court, shareholders will choose an incentive contract which induces a bias towards short‐term returns. Consistent with recent evidence, the short‐term bias is greater when the optimal contract provides low‐powered management incentives.

Date: 1999
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