Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

• Excessive CEO pay can harm shareholder wealth. • Managerial discretion exacerbates the harm that excessive CEO pay can have on shareholder wealth. • CEO tenure mitigates the likelihood that excessive CEO pay will harm shareholder wealth. • Strong, independent Boards mitigate the likelihood that excessive CEO pay will harm shareholder wealth.

Publication Date

2015

Source

Haynes, K., Campbell, J., & Hitt, M. (2015). When more is not enough: Executive greed and its influence on shareholder wealth. Journal of Management, In Press.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2015, University of South Carolina

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Business Commons

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