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Pay, Performance and Governance in Irish PLCs

Tongyu Cao, Ray Donnelly, James B. McCarthy

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This study finds that company size is a major determinant of chief executive officer (CEO) compensation in Ireland. There is little evidence of a relation between CEO remuneration and company performance. However, several corporate governance variables are related to remuneration in a manner that suggests that good governance reduces executive pay. There is also some evidence of a distinctive ‘US effect’, in that companies that are more exposed to business practices in the United States (US) have higher remuneration, particularly in the form of executive stock options.

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This study finds that company size is a major determinant of chief executive officer (CEO) compensation in Ireland. There is little evidence of a relation between CEO remuneration and company performance. However, several corporate governance variables are related to remuneration in a manner that suggests that good governance reduces executive pay. There is also some evidence of a distinctive ‘US effect’, in that companies that are more exposed to business practices in the United States (US) have higher remuneration, particularly in the form of executive stock options.

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This study finds that company size is a major determinant of chief executive officer (CEO) compensation in Ireland. There is little evidence of a relation between CEO remuneration and company performance. However, several corporate governance variables are related to remuneration in a manner that suggests that good governance reduces executive pay. There is also some evidence of a distinctive ‘US effect’, in that companies that are more exposed to business practices in the United States (US) have higher remuneration, particularly in the form of executive stock options.

Key concepts: Remuneration, Executive compensation, Corporate governance, Chief executive officer, Accounting, Business, Irish, Compensation (psychology)

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