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Executive Compensation in America: Optimal Contracting or Extraction of Rents?
National Bureau of Economic Research [NBER] Link to more items from this source
Dec. 21, 2001

"Under the alternative rent extraction view that we examine, the board does not operate at arm's length; rather, executives have power to influence their own compensation, and they use their power to extract rents. As a result, executives are paid more than is optimal for shareholders and, to camouflage the extraction of rents, executive compensation might be structured sub-optimally."  MORE >>

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