Peer choice in CEO compensation

Current research shows that firms are more likely to benchmark against peers that pay their Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) higher compensation, reflecting self serving behavior. We propose an alternative explanation: the choice of highly paid peers represents a reward for unobserved CEO talent. We...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Albuquerque, Ana M., De Franco, Gus, Verdi, Rodrigo
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108605
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-7374