Evolving Predictions for Executive Pay Features in Board Networks

dc.contributor.authorHauptman, Ami
dc.contributor.authorBenbassat, Amit
dc.contributor.authorRosenboim, Rosit
dc.coverage.issue1cs
dc.coverage.volume25cs
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-05T07:21:09Z
dc.date.available2020-05-05T07:21:09Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-24cs
dc.description.abstractNumerous recent studies in finance literature have shown that board networks are an important inter-corporate setting, influencing corporate decisions made by the board of directors, for example the determination of executive pay features. In this paper, we evolve predictors for the existence and adoption of several important pay features among S&P1500 companies, over the period 2006--2012. We use data from five well-known financial databases, including hundreds of variables containing both director-level and firm-level data. We present two approaches for predicting executive pay features. The first approach is based on a Genetic Algorithm (GA) used to evolve predictors based on weighted vectors of the predicting variables, providing relatively easy to understand prediction rules. The second approach employs Genetic Programming (GP) with sets of functions and terminals we devised specifically for this domain, based on contemporary research in finance. Thus, the GP approach explores a wider problem space and allows for more complex feature combinations. Experiments using both methods attain high quality prediction results, when compared to previous results in finance research. Additionally, our model is capable of successfully predicting combinations of pay features, compared to standard empirical models in finance, under various experimental conditions.en
dc.formattextcs
dc.format.extent57-64cs
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMendel. 2018 vol. 25, č. 1, s. 57-64. ISSN 1803-3814cs
dc.identifier.doi10.13164/mendel.2019.1.057en
dc.identifier.issn2571-3701
dc.identifier.issn1803-3814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11012/186982
dc.language.isoencs
dc.publisherInstitute of Automation and Computer Science, Brno University of Technologycs
dc.relation.ispartofMendelcs
dc.relation.urihttps://mendel-journal.org/index.php/mendel/article/view/79cs
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licenseen
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en
dc.subjectfinanceen
dc.subjectgenetic algorithmen
dc.subjectgenetic programmingen
dc.subjectpredictionen
dc.subjectpattern recognitionen
dc.titleEvolving Predictions for Executive Pay Features in Board Networksen
dc.type.driverarticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
eprints.affiliatedInstitution.facultyFakulta strojního inženýrstvícs
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