Incentive Contracts and Hedge Fund Management

Jackwerth, Jens Carsten and Hodder, James E. (2006): Incentive Contracts and Hedge Fund Management. Published in: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , Vol. 42, No. 4 (2007): pp. 811-826.

Abstract

We investigate incentive effects of a typical hedge-fund contract for a manager with power utility. With a one-year horizon, she displays risk-taking that varies dramatically with fund value. We extend the model to multiple yearly evaluation periods and find her risk-taking is rapidly moderated if the fund performs reasonably well. The most realistic approach to modeling fund closure uses an endogenous shutdown barrier where the manager optimally chooses to shut down. The manager increases risk-taking as fund value approaches that barrier, and this boundary behavior persists strongly with multiyear horizons.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Hedge Fund; Management; Incentive
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions ; Financial Instruments ; Institutional Investors; G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G00 - General

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