dc.contributor.author | Cole, Shawn | |
dc.contributor.author | Kanz, Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | Klapper, Leora | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-18T14:01:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-07-18 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cole, Shawn, Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper. "Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers." Journal of Finance (forthcoming). | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-1082 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12534911 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while high-powered incentives lead to greater screening effort and more profitable lending, their power is muted by both deferred compensation and the limited liability typically enjoyed by credit officers. Second, we present direct evidence that incentive contracts distort judgment and beliefs, even among trained professionals with many years of experience. Loans evaluated under more permissive incentive schemes are rated significantly less risky than the same loans evaluated under pay-for-performance. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jofi.12233/abstract | en_US |
dash.license | OAP | |
dc.subject | banking | en_US |
dc.subject | risk management | en_US |
dc.subject | credit products | en_US |
dc.subject | experimental economics | en_US |
dc.subject | motivation and incentives | en_US |
dc.subject | management practices and processes | en_US |
dc.subject | financing and loans | en_US |
dc.title | Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Author's Original | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Journal of Finance | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Cole, Shawn | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-18T14:01:00Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jofi.12233/abstract | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Cole, Shawn | |