Valle, Pavlik have manuscript accepted

Matthew Valle, associate professor of business administration, and Robert Pavlik, associate professor of finance, have been notified that their manuscript “Factors Affecting Share Repurchase Decisions and Managerial Compensation:  Innovation in Pay-For-Performance or Disguised Managerial Opportunism?” has been accepted for presentation at the 2008 Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Management in Arlington, Va.

The paper presents a causal model of the antecedents to share repurchase decisions and subsequent impacts on managerial compensation via stock options.