Corporate Tournaments and Executive Compensation: Evidence from the UK

Conyon, Martin and Peck, S and Sadler, G (2001) Corporate Tournaments and Executive Compensation: Evidence from the UK. Strategic Management Journal, 22 (8). pp. 805-815. ISSN 0143-2095

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Abstract

This study tests the implications of tournament theory using data on 100 U.K. stock market companies, covering over 500 individual executives, in the late 1990s. Our results provide some evidence consistent with the operation of tournament mechanisms within the U.K. business context. Firstly, we find a convex relationship between executive pay and organizational level and secondly, that the gap between CEO pay and other board executives (i.e., tournament prize) is positively related to the number of participants in the tournament. However, we also show that the variation in executive team pay has little role in determining company performance.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Strategic Management Journal
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/accountingandfinance/corporategovernance
Subjects:
?? executive compensationtournament theorycorporate governancebusiness and international managementstrategy and managementhf5601 accounting ??
ID Code:
53986
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Deposited On:
26 Jun 2012 09:20
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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