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Wolves in the Hen-House? The Consequences of Formal CEO Involvement in the Executive Pay-Setting Process

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Wolves in the Hen-House? The Consequences of Formal CEO Involvement in the Executive Pay-Setting Process
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New Zealand firms exhibit significant variation in the extent to which they formally involve CEOs in the executive pay-setting process: a considerable number sit on the compensation committee, while others are excluded from the board altogether. Using 1997-2005 data, we find that CEOs who sit on the compensation committee obtain generous annual pay rewards that have low sensitivity to poor performance shocks. By contrast, CEOs who are not board members receive pay increments that have low mea...

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Research paper
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Working or discussion paper
Date created
2010
Creator
Boyle, G. / Roberts, H.
URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5370
Related subjects
pay-performance sensitivity / compensation committee / CEO influence / Economics / Applied Economics / Labour Economics / Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services / Business and Management / Human Resources Management

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