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the level of eort made by employees, in particular traders, is dicult to observe
(Axelson and Bond, 2015). Consequently, pay has to be structured so as to align
the incentives of the employees and those of the shareholders. However, in the ab-
sence of a credible resolution regime (Chapter 7), shareholders and employees can
themselves shift risk on taxpayers, thus making the alignment of the incentives of
employees and shareholders a source of risk (Phelan, 2009; French etal., 2010).
4.4.2 Suggested intervention
Four dierent courses of action have been suggested, with the rst three mainly
focusing on levels and the fourth focusing on the structure of compensation:
− Structural reforms, which can aim either at putting con