Foreign experience and CEO compensation
Conyon, Martin J. and Hass, Lars Helge and Vergauwe, Skrålan and Zhang, Zhifang (2019) Foreign experience and CEO compensation. Journal of Corporate Finance, 57. pp. 102-121. ISSN 0929-1199 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.12.016)
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Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between a CEO's foreign experience and CEO compensation. Our analysis is based on the constituent firms of the UK FTSE 350 index from 1999 to 2015. We find that foreign CEOs and national CEOs with foreign working experience receive significantly higher levels of total compensation compared to similar UK CEOs without such characteristics. The results are robust to the endogenous CEO selection using propensity score matching methods, as well as other modelling approaches. Our results show that pay premiums are attributable to the specialized foreign expertise and foreign networks of CEOs, which stem from foreign experience rather than broader general managerial skills.
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Conyon, Martin J., Hass, Lars Helge ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-6671, Vergauwe, Skrålan and Zhang, Zhifang;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 73328 Dates: DateEvent31 August 2019Published6 January 2018Published Online11 December 2017AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Finance Department: Strathclyde Business School > Accounting and Finance Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jul 2020 13:40 Last modified: 01 Nov 2024 10:05 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73328