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Friday, April 13, 2012. Relative wages of financial subsectors: 1929-2006 Source: Philippon and Reshef : “Wages and Human Capital in the US Financial Industry: 1909-2006”.
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Relative wages of financial subsectors: 1929-2006 Source: Philippon and Reshef: “Wages and Human Capital in the US Financial Industry: 1909-2006”
OTC: Notional values in billions of US dollars of interest rate swapsand forward rate agreements (FRAs); Exchanges: Notional value in billions of US dollars of interest rate futures. Biannual: 1998-H1-2011-H1. Source: BIS
Reducing Risk-Taking Incentives Negative Bonuses Bonus Banks Salary ↓, Bonus ↑
+$400 +$400 -$600 -$600 Incentive Problems with Debt (or “Too Big To Fail” Guarantees)
-84% -31% -17% 2006 and 2008 bonuses for Top 5 Execs
-95% -65% -70% Option Intrinsic Values for Top 5 Execs
-82% -39% -27% Restricted Stockholdings for Top 5 Execs