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| Title: | | Determinants of director compensation in two-tier systems: evidence from German panel data  |
| Authors: | | Andreas, Jörn Michael Rapp, Marc Steffen Wolff, Michael |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CEFS working paper series 2010-06 |
| Abstract: | | Building on a unique panel data set of German Prime Standard companies for the period 2005-2008, this paper investigates the influencing factors of both director compensation levels and structure, i.e. the probability of performance-based compensation. Drawing on agency theory arguments and previous literature, we analyze a comprehensive group of determinants, including detailed corporate performance, ownership and board characteristics. While controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, we find director compensation to be set in ways consistent with optimal contracting theory. I.e. compensation is systematically structured to mitigate agency conflicts and to encourage effective monitoring. Thus, our results indicate that similar types of agency conflicts exist in the German two-tier setting. |
| Subjects: | | Director Compensation Corporate Governance Outside Directors Two-tier System Agency Costs |
| JEL: | | J33 G30 G34 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CEFS Working Paper Series, Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies, Technische Universität München
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