UNSPECIFIED (2000) Executive compensation: Evidence from the UK and Germany. LONG RANGE PLANNING, 33 (4). pp. 504-526.

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Abstract

This article concerns the determination of executive pay in the UK and Germany. These economies have very different corporate governance structures and we examine whether this has implications for executive pay outcomes. Our research shows that average pay in the UK was about pound 391,000 in 1994, compared to about pound 200,000 in Germany. Our data, however, have a time series dimension. Pay has increased in both economies over time, but the UK has had a faster rate of growth in the post-1980s period. Importantly, in our time period each economy had a different structure of pay: VK CEOs received stock options (which can contribute to the growth rate) whereas German executives-until recently-did not. The gap between CEO pay and that of other employees is higher in the UK than in Germany. Regression results reveal a positive and significant association between cash pay and company performance in both countries. However, we show that there is cross-section variation in the pay-performance relation, a result that many prior studies have overlooked. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Journal or Publication Title:	LONG RANGE PLANNING
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
ISSN:	0024-6301
Official Date:	August 2000
Dates:	Date Event August 2000 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	33
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	23
Page Range:	pp. 504-526
Publication Status:	Published

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