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- Publications
- Influence
Governance Mechanisms and Equity Prices
- M. Cremers, Vinay B. Nair
- Economics
- 1 December 2005
We investigate how the market for corporate control (external governance) and shareholder activism (internal governance) interact. A portfolio that buys firms with the highest level of takeover… Expand
The CEO Pay Slice
- L. Bebchuk, M. Cremers, U. Peyer
- 2009
We investigate the relationship between the CEO Pay Slice (CPS) – the fraction of the aggregate compensation of the top-five executive team captured by the CEO – and the value, performance, and… Expand
Governance Mechanisms and Bond Prices
- M. Cremers, Vinay B. Nair, Chenyang (Jason) Wei
- Business
- 1 October 2006
We investigate the effects of shareholder governance mechanisms on bondholders and document two new findings. First, the impact of shareholder control (proxied by large institutional blockholders) on… Expand
The CEO Pay Slice
- Lucian A. Bebchuk, M. Cremers, U. Peyer
- Economics
- 1 September 2010
We investigate the relation between the CEO Pay Slice (CPS)--the fraction of the aggregate compensation of the top-five executive team captured by the Chief Executive Officer--and the value,… Expand
Individual Stock-Option Prices and Credit Spreads
- M. Cremers, Joost Driessen, Pascal J. Maenhout, D. Weinbaum
- Economics
- 1 December 2008
This paper introduces measures of volatility and jump risk that are based on individual stock options to explain credit spreads on corporate bonds. Implied volatilities of individual options are… Expand
Tiebreaker: Certification and Multiple Credit Ratings
- Dion Bongaerts, M. Cremers, William N. Goetzmann
- Business, Economics
- 1 September 2009
This paper explores the economic role credit rating agencies play in the corporate bond market. We consider three existing theories about multiple ratings: information production, rating shopping and… Expand
Should Benchmark Indices Have Alpha? Revisiting Performance Evaluation
- M. Cremers, Antti Petajisto, E. Zitzewitz
- Mathematics, Economics
- 1 May 2012
Standard Fama-French and Carhart models produce economically and statistically significant nonzero alphas, even for passive benchmark indices such as the S&P 500 and Russell 2000. We find that these… Expand
Pension Fund Asset Allocation and Liability Discount Rates
- A. Andonov, Rob Bauer, M. Cremers
- 21 February 2017
The unique regulation of U.S. public pension funds links their liability discount rate to the expected return on assets, which gives them incentives to invest more in risky assets in order to report… Expand
Can Large Pension Funds Beat the Market? Asset Allocation, Market Timing, Security Selection and the Limits of Liquidity
- A. Andonov, R. Bauer, M. Cremers
- Business
- 1 October 2012
We analyze the three components of active management (asset allocation, market timing and security selection) in the net performance of U.S. pension funds and relate these to fund size and the… Expand