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    Accounting Theory Assignment Executive Compensation [pic] Introduction Executive compensation together with corporate governance systems has received an increasing amount of attention- from the press‚ corporations‚ financial academics and also the government. An executive compensation plan is a major application of the agency theory study and‚ thus‚ an agency contract between the shareholders and CEO’s of the business‚ which attempt to align the interests of the owners and the managers

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    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE DOES EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION INCREASE FIRM PERFORMANCE? Sietse Compagner‚ Gibran Borst‚ Tom Bleijenberg Introduction The current state of the economy raises questions about executive compensation. Although the debate on whether or not bonuses are worth their while has been going on for a long time‚ a recent development made it even harder for firms to justify the salaries that are paid to executives. The development in question is the collapse

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    Corporate Finance A Short Summary On Executive Compensation as an Agency Problem INTRODUCTION: This paper is briefly written on some important elements and points depicting the involvement of the managerial power over the executive compensation. This paper not only illustrates the problems created by the managerial power or the agency problem in between the managers and the shareholders but also reflects that’s the executive compensation is a problem by itself. Issues that have been focused

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    more aware of corporate executive compensation plans. Executive compensation has been an on-going issue for many years. There has been a great amount of controversy over how executives’ pay structure is designed and who judges‚ oversees and determines executives’ pay. As the scales get tipped on what executives are getting paid versus employee standard wages‚ the public is always on the watch for the next corporate scandal. Boards are always challenged by what executives’ pay should be based off

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    COMMENT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DURING ECONOMIC TURMOIL Student[1] I. INTRODUCTION The economic downturn in late 2008 brought forth the resurgence of an interesting topic - executive compensation. This topic was bound to bring much controversy as a result of the dramatic increase in executive compensation over the last decade[2] and the recent massive failure of many large companies.[3] Adding to the public interest was the 2008 United States Presidential Election‚ which

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    MEANING OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Executive Compensation is defined as a financial compensation received by an executive of a firm. It typically includes elements like salary‚ bonuses‚ shares‚ stocks benefits etc. In simpler words it is a legal agreement between two consenting adult parties. It is an important aspect of Corporate Governance and is determined by the board of directors. In spite of being voluntary agreement these compensation benefits are condemned of being unjust and non transparent

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    ISSN 1045-6333 HARVARD JOHN M. OLIN CENTER FOR LAW‚ ECONOMICS‚ AND BUSINESS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AS AN AGENCY PROBLEM Lucian Arye Bebchuk and Jesse M. Fried Discussion Paper No. 421 04/2003 Harvard Law School Cambridge‚ MA 02138 The Center for Law‚ Economics‚ and Business is supported by a grant from the John M. Olin Foundation. This paper can be downloaded without charge from: The Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Paper Series: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/ The

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    received $203 million as executive compensation. Although this award was inflated by Eisner ’s exercise of stock options‚ many examples of compensation in millions and tens of millions raise questions on how CEOs should be paid. Critics dispute that CEOs are deserving of their pay. CEOs downsize companies or perform badly‚ yet continue to draw a substantial salary. Unlike low level managers‚ it seems there is no formula for executive compensation. The disparity between the executive pay in US and that

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    Executive Compensation  ACCT 530 General rules  Defined as: “the wage and benefit packages that comprise the pay received by top executives of business corporations.” Pertinent Codes and Regulations   §162(a)(1)  Allows a deduction for reasonably-based salaries and other performance-based compensations  §162(m)  Disallows deduction of greater than $1 million for publicly held corporations  Reg. §1.162-7(b)(3)  Reasonable compensation is “paid for like services by like enterprises

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    Executive Compensation Executive Compensation When we think of compensation‚ the first thing that comes to mind for most people is in the form of their income such as wages earned‚ or cash. However‚ compensation can come in many forms. Employers provide compensation to inspire and motivate employees’ performance to accomplish the organizations goals and objectives. Executive compensation is a governance mechanism that seeks to align the interests of managers and owners through salaries‚ bonuses

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