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Do compensation committees do what they say they do? Evidence from narrative disclosure in proxy statements

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  • Kim, Natalie Kyung Won
  • Kwon, Sewon
  • Shin, Jae Yong

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The Compensation Discussion and Analysis section in proxy statements provides narrative data on how Compensation Committees define and apply their Compensation Philosophy. However, the extent to which these philosophies—pay-for-performance and the attraction and retention of talented executives—translate into executive compensation practices remains unclear. To address this, we conduct a textual analysis of proxy statements from 2007 to 2016 to examine whether Compensation Committees align executive compensation with their stated philosophies. The findings show a stronger focus on pay-for-performance is linked to higher excess compensation, especially in firms lacking a general counsel among top officers and not employing a compensation consultant.

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  • Kim, Natalie Kyung Won & Kwon, Sewon & Shin, Jae Yong, 2025. "Do compensation committees do what they say they do? Evidence from narrative disclosure in proxy statements," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:73:y:2025:i:c:s1544612324016660
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.106637
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