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Are Directors Paid Too Much? An Analysis of Corporate Board Member Compensation from 1997-2012
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Publication Date:
February 2018
Excessive CEO pay has been researched and discussed extensively. However, relatively little attention has been placed on the compensation of outside directors. To address this, the authors develop a model to predict expected or normal director compensation. On average, there is greater evidence of over- rather than undercompensation.
