Investor protection and CEO compensation in family firms

Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 17 - 29
Published: Jan 1, 2017
Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between investor protection and CEO pay in family-controlled corporations. Using a panel of 986 firm-year observations from 11 EU countries, we show that the lower the investor protection, the higher the compensation of the CEO. The sensitivity of pay to the institutional context is higher for a family CEO than a professional CEO, a result that corroborates the hypothesis that CEO compensation contracts...
Paper Details
Title
Investor protection and CEO compensation in family firms
Published Date
Jan 1, 2017
Volume
14
Issue
2
Pages
17 - 29
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