Asymmetric benchmarking of pay in firms
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Keywords
CEO compensation; VP compensation; Benchmarking; Pay for luck;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
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