Accounting information and internal performance evaluation. Evidence from Texas banks

David W. Blackwell; James A. Brickley; Michael S. Weisback

doi:10.1016/0165-4101(94)90032-9

Accounting information and internal performance evaluation. Evidence from Texas banks

David W. Blackwell, James A. Brickley, Michael S. Weisback

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Abstract

Multi-bank holding companies file detailed financial statements on their subsidiary banks. The availability of these data allows for an empirical examination of the relation between accounting-based performance and personnel decision for lower-level managers. For our sample of Texas banks, we find that turnover of subsidiary bank managers is negatively related to subsidiary performance, while promotions are positively related to performance. Holding own-bank performance constant, turnover increases with holding-company performance, which is consistent with the view that turnover decisions are based on performance relative to a firm-specification benchmark.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-358
Number of pages	28
Journal	Journal of Accounting and Economics
Volume	17
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(94)90032-9
State	Published - May 1994

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*Kathy Farrell provided unusually diligent research assistance. We would like to thank participants in workshops at Chicago, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Houston, Miami, Michigan, NBER, Rochester, Toronto, and Utah, as well as L. Bamber, B. Beranek, J. Coles, C. Collins, R. DeGenarro, J. Evans, J. Gaver, S. Gilson, B. Hermalin, S. Jones, L. Katz, S. Kale, E. Lazear, W. Marr, K. McLaughlin, B. Megginson, K. Murphy, B. Parrino, R. Shrieves, J. Sinkey, J. Wansley, G. Waymire, D. Winters, A. Wunsch, J. Zender, and especially an anonymous referee and Jerry Zimmerman for helpful suggestions. We acknowledge financial support from the Garn Institute of Finance, the Bradley Policy Research Center, the John M. Olin Foundation, and a Terry Research Fellowship. The paper was completed while David Blackwell was at the University of Georgia.

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*Kathy Farrell provided unusually diligent research assistance. We would like to thank participants in workshops at Chicago, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Houston, Miami, Michigan, NBER, Rochester, Toronto, and Utah, as well as L. Bamber, B. Beranek, J. Coles, C. Collins, R. DeGenarro, J. Evans, J. Gaver, S. Gilson, B. Hermalin, S. Jones, L. Katz, S. Kale, E. Lazear, W. Marr, K. McLaughlin, B. Megginson, K. Murphy, B. Parrino, R. Shrieves, J. Sinkey, J. Wansley, G. Waymire, D. Winters, A. Wunsch, J. Zender, and especially an anonymous referee and Jerry Zimmerman for helpful suggestions. We acknowledge financial support from the Garn Institute of Finance, the Bradley Policy Research Center, the John M. Olin Foundation, and a Terry Research Fellowship. The paper was completed while David Blackwell was at the University of Georgia.

Funders	Funder number
Garn Institute of Finance
John M. Olin Foundation

Keywords

Contracting
Lower-level management turnover
Relative-performance evaluation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Accounting
Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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