Does social capital mitigate agency problems? Evidence from Chief Executive Officer (CEO) compensation
We find that social capital, as captured by secular norms and social networks surrounding corporate headquarters, is negatively associated with levels of CEO compensation. This relation holds in a range of robustness tests including those that address omitted variable bias and reverse causality. Add...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2019
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