Corporate Governance and CEO Compensation in China

37 Pages Posted: 29 Jan 2003

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Oliver M. Rui

China Europe International Business School (CEIBS); affiliation not provided to SSRN

Michael Firth

Lingnan University - Department of Finance and Insurance

Peter M.Y. Fung

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Date Written: September 2002

Abstract

This paper contributes to the international corporate governance literature by examining factors that affect CEO compensation in China. In particular, we develop models of CEO pay based on an understanding of the unique economic and structural reforms undertaken by the partially privatized state owned Enterprises (SOEs). We find that corporate governance factors have a significant impact on CEO compensation but they do so in ways that differ from those in other countries. Our conclusions are robust across different formulations of the basic model and they have public policy implications for China and other transitional economies that are moving away from state ownership of business enterprises.

Keywords: Compensation, SOEs

JEL Classification: G3, P2

Suggested Citation

Rui, Oliver M. and Rui, Oliver M. and Firth, Michael and Fung, Peter M.Y., Corporate Governance and CEO Compensation in China (September 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=337841 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.337841

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Michael Firth

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Peter M.Y. Fung

Hong Kong Polytechnic University ( email )

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Hong Kong

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