Executive pay limits narrowed scope of TARP banking rescue
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 15:00
in Mathematics & Economics
A study of 263 publicly traded banks approved for the Troubled Asset Relief Program finds that 35 banks may have rejected TARP dollars because of limits the program imposed on CEO pay, researchers report in the Journal of Banking, Finance & Accounting. Ultimately, the pay provisions may have limited the scope of the $400 billion program.