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This week's article has to do with executive compensation and the agency problem. In chapter 1 we learned that the objective of financial managers should be to maximized shareholder wealth. In order to align managers interests with this goal, company's often compensate managers with stock shares and stock options.

Managerial compensation can be used to encourage managers to act in the best interest of stockholders. The idea is that if management has an ownership interest in the firm, they will be more likely to try to maximize owner wealth.

A 1993 study performed at the Harvard Business School indicates that the total return to shareholders is closely related to the nature of CEO compensation; specifically, higher returns were achieved by CEOs whose pay package included more option and stock components.

Carefully crafted compensation packages can reduce the conflict between management and stockholders. In 2007 it was widely publicized that many firms had “backdated” options in an attempt to provide “in-the-money” compensation to executives. Clearly, this system doesn't always provide the desired result.

Stockholders technically have control of the firm, and dissatisfied shareholders can oust management via proxy fights, takeovers, etc. However, this is easier said than done. Staggered elections for board members often make it difficult to remove the board that appoints management.