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title: CFO Pay and Hedging
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4551639/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4551639
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4551639
featured: 2023-08-30
citations: unknown
topic: Derivatives & Volatility
---


# CFO Pay and Hedging

The study explores the impact of a CFO's risk-taking incentives and equity compensation on the hedging strategy of US oil and gas companies.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4551639
- Identifier: SSRN 4551639
- Released: 2023-08-24
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 14 (2023-08-30): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2023-08-30/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Derivatives & Volatility

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