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Thursday, July 14, 2005

Short-term Incentives

From the Silly Economist column of The Smart Economist:

MORGAN STANLEY'S PROFLIGACY

On March 28, Stephen S. Crawford was appointed co-president of Morgan Stanley, an investment bank. Under an agreement reached June 30, Mr Crawford would receive a hefty $32 million severance package if he decided to resign by August 3.

- On July 11, Mr Crawford resigned... surprising, isn't it?

Pretty funny on the face of it. What is behind that arrangement? And why now (and not on August 2nd?)
 
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