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Compensation across executive labor markets: What can we learn from cross-listed firms?

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  • Colette Southam

    (Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)

  • Stephen Sapp

    (Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)

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There is wide consensus that chief executive officers (CEOs) of US firms earn significantly more than their Canadian counterparts. Using a matched sample, we find that the majority of this difference is due to US CEOs earning 50% more than CEOs of Canadian non-cross-listed firms. We find no such “US premium” for Canadian cross-listed firms, because the use of options allows the cross-listed firms to keep pace with their neighbors to the south. While firms that list only in Canada compete in the labor market defined by their national boundary, cross-listed firms appear to be competing directly with their US counterparts for executive talent. In investigating alternative explanations for the elimination of the compensation differential for Canadian cross-listed firms, we find evidence consistent with both the bonding and the rent extraction hypotheses.

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  • Colette Southam & Stephen Sapp, 2010. "Compensation across executive labor markets: What can we learn from cross-listed firms?," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 41(1), pages 70-87, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:41:y:2010:i:1:p:70-87
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    9. Natasha Burns & Anna Kapalczynski & John K. Wald, 2021. "Independent director compensation, corruption, and monitoring," The Financial Review, Eastern Finance Association, vol. 56(1), pages 5-28, February.

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