Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/25275 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2008,033
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk, Berlin
Abstract: 
The relationship between CEO pay and performance has been much analyzed in the management and economics literature. This study analyzes the structure of executive compensation in family and non-family firms. In line with predictions of agency theory, it is found that the share of base salary is higher with family-member CEOs than it is with nonfamily member CEOs. Furthermore, family-member CEOs receive a lower share of option pay. The paper's findings have implications for family business research and the executive compensation literature. To make the findings robust, the statistical analysis is performed with both Bayesian and classical frequentist methods.
Subjects: 
Executive compensation
family firms
stock options
agency theory
Bayesian analysis
JEL: 
G30
J30
M52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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