Essays about: "pay-performance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word pay-performance.

1. 1. PERFORMANCE AND REMUNERATION : A study of the pay-performance relation in Scandinavia

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Elias Högström; Viktor Olausson; [2023]
   Keywords : CEO Remuneration; Executive Compensation; Corporate Governance; Agency Theory; Pay-Performance Relation;

   Abstract : The size of the remuneration paid to CEOs is a continuously debated area in society. In times of inflation, where the real wages are decreasing at the same time as the remuneration to CEOs are increasing, the phenomenon becomes more relevant. READ MORE

3. 2. Pay-performance sensitivity during the Covid-19 pandemic : Evidence from Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : My Jarby; [2022]
   Keywords : pay-performance sensitivity; Covid-19; financial distress; executive compensation; financial performance; Sweden; corporate governance;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to examine what impact the Covid-19 pandemic has on the pay-performance relationship. This study performs an OLS regression analysis of total CEO compensation on accounting and market-based firm performance for 2017-2020 using 233 Swedish listed firms. READ MORE

4. 3. Executive pay, female representation in top management and firm performance. A study of S&P 500 companies.

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Lucia Lamberti; Lilin Ma; [2020]
   Keywords : executive compensation; gender; firm performance; female executives; incentive pay;

   Abstract : This master thesis investigates the influence of both executive pay and female representation in top management on firm performance. As recent trends in both pay-performance sensitivities and women in executive positions suggest a positive relationship of firm performance with both executive pay and female representation in top management, a nine-year panel data regression is run on the S&P 500 companies to study the potential effects of both CEOs' pay and the presence of female CEOs on corporate performance in the time frame 2010-2018. READ MORE

5. 4. It takes two to tango: The relationship between pay-performance sensitivity and remuneration committees

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Sebastian Falke; Gustav Sönnerberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Pay-performance sensitivity; Remuneration committee; Incentive pay;

   Abstract : A central feature in modern economics is the separation of ownership and control, leading to the use of corporate governance in business management. Regulatory environment emphasizes the use of remuneration committees as a corporate governance measure to incentivize compensation policies and monitor executive compensation. READ MORE

6. 5. The behavioral agency theory: a general approach towards a contingent understanding of the pay-performance relationship

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   Author : Arjen Hendrick Sanderman; Frederic Brault; [2016]
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   Abstract : In this thesis the pay performance relationship is discussed within the field of executive remuneration. A topic that received a lot of attention during the financial crisis and times of economic recession. READ MORE