UNSPECIFIED (1997) Corporate governance and executive compensation. In: Workshop on Managerial Compensation, Strategy and Firm Performance, HUMBOLDT UNIV, BERLIN, GERMANY, JUN 13-14, 1994. Published in: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, 15 (4). pp. 493-509. ISSN 0167-7187.

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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of corporate governance innovations on top director compensation in a sample of 213 large UK companies between 1988 and 1993. An enabling factor in the analysis is access to survey data on recent corporate governance changes in UK companies, The paper finds that director compensation and current shareholder returns are positively correlated. However, in line with other recent UK research the paper finds little evidence of a link between directors' pay (salary and bonus) and pre-dated shareholder returns. There is also some evidence that governance variables play a role in shaping top director pay. Companies which adopt remuneration committees are seen, in some circumstances, to have lower growth rates in top director compensation. Separating the roles of CEO and chairman, however, appears to play no part in shaping directors' pay. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.

Item Type:	Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Journal or Publication Title:	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
ISSN:	0167-7187
Official Date:	July 1997
Dates:	Date Event July 1997 UNSPECIFIED
Volume:	15
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 493-509
Publication Status:	Published
Title of Event:	Workshop on Managerial Compensation, Strategy and Firm Performance
Location of Event:	HUMBOLDT UNIV, BERLIN, GERMANY
Date(s) of Event:	JUN 13-14, 1994

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