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The Public Perception and Normative Valuation of Executive Compensation: An International Comparison

This paper describes individuals' perceptions and normative valuations of executive compensation using comparable survey data for fifteen OECD member countries. An overwhelming majority of individuals (more than 90%) believes that top executives earn more than they actually deserve. However, there is also substantial variation in the actual and ethical levels of executive compensation, both within and across countries. The empirical analysis further shows that subjective estimates of executive pay are associated with objective measures of inequality and redistribution, and that individuals' perceptions and normative valuations of executive compensation are associated with their more general political preferences.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: NRN Working Paper, NRN: The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State ; No. 1013

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
executive compensation
subjective wage estimates
political preferences

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kuhn, Andreas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State
(wo)
Linz
(wann)
2010

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kuhn, Andreas
  • Johannes Kepler University Linz, NRN - The Austrian Center for Labor Economics and the Analysis of the Welfare State

Entstanden

  • 2010

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