Determinants and value relevance of UK CEO pay slice
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This paper studies the CEO Pay Slice (CPS) of UK listed firms during the period 2003 to 2009. We investigate the determinants of CPS. We study the links between CPS and measures of firm performance. We find that firms with higher levels of corporate governance ratings and those with more independent boards tend to have higher CPS. In addition, we find that CEOs are more likely to receive lower compensation when they chair the board and when they work in firms with large board size. We also find that higher CPS is positively associated with firm performance after controlling the firm-specific characteristics and corporate governance variables. We get compatible results when we examine the association between equity-based CPS and firm performance. Our results remain robust to alternative accounting measures of firm performance. Our results suggest that high UK CPS levels do indeed reflect top managerial talent rather than managerial power.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 403-421 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | International Review of Applied Economics |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 22 Jan 2016 |
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| Publication status | Published - 3 May 2016 |
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Rights statement: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published in International Review of Applied Economics, (2016), available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02692171.2015.1105938
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