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CEO CompensationCarola FrydmanBoston University - Department of Economics Dirk JenterStanford Graduate School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) March 19, 2010 Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 77 Abstract: This paper surveys the recent literature on CEO compensation. The rapid rise in CEO pay over the past 30 years has sparked an intense debate about the nature of the pay-setting process. Many view the high level of CEO compensation as the result of powerful managers setting their own pay. Others interpret high pay as the result of optimal contracting in a competitive market for managerial talent. We describe and discuss the empirical evidence on the evolution of CEO pay and on the relationship between pay and firm performance since the 1930s. Our review suggests that both managerial power and competitive market forces are important determinants of CEO pay, but that neither approach is fully consistent with the available evidence. We briefly discuss promising directions for future research.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 42 Keywords: Executive compensation, managerial incentives, incentive compensation, equity compensation, option compensation, corporate governance JEL Classification: G30, G34, J33, J31, J41, M52, D20 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: April 1, 2010 ; Last revised: November 29, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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