The Study of CEO Compensation System in American Health Companies: An Analysis between CEO Compensation, Firm Size, Accounting Performance, and Corporate Accounting Performance

Abstract

This study investigated the CEO compensation system of the American health sector. It attested the relationship between the CEO compensation, the firm size, the accounting firm performance, and the corporate governance from the period 2005 to the period 2010. The research question for this study was: is there a relationship between the CEO cash compensation, the firm size, the accounting firm performance, and the corporate governance in the American health companies? It was found that there was a relationship between the CEO salary, the CEO bonus, the CEO total compensation, the firm size, the accounting firm performance, and the corporate governance in the American health companies.

Keywords: CEO Compensation, Accounting Performance, Firm Size, Corporate Governance, CEO Power, Health Compensation