Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936-2005 (2010)
Frydman, Carola, Saks, Raven E.
We analyze the long-run trends in executive compensation using a new dataset of top officers of large firms from 1936 to 2005. The median real value of compensation was remarkably flat from the late...
Learning from the Past: Trends in Executive Compensation over the 20th Century (2009)
In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views...
Learning from the past: trends in executive compensation over the twentieth century (2008)
In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views...
Frank Levy, Peter Temin, David Autor, Jared Bernstein, Peter Diamond, Carola Frydman, ...
We provide a comprehensive view of the worsening income distribution in the United States in this paper, contrasting conditions since 1980 with those in earlier postwar years and arguing that income...
Leah Platt Boustan, I Thank Claudia Goldin, Caroline Hoxby, Lawrence Katz, William Collins, Dora Costa, ...
Thomas generously assisted with aspects of the data collection. I gratefully acknowledge the financial
Frank Levy, Peter Temin, David Autor, Jared Bernstein, Barry Bosworth, Peter Diamond, ...
“A rising tide lifts all the boats” John F. Kennedy,
Executive compensation: a new view from a long-term perspective, 1936-2005
We analyze the long-run trends in executive compensation using a new panel dataset of top executives in large firms from 1936 to 2005. In sharp contrast to the well-known steep upward trajectory of...
Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936-2005
We analyze the long-run trends in executive compensation using a new panel dataset of top executives in large publicly-held firms from 1936 to 2005, collected from corporate reports. This historic...
Learning from the Past: Trends in Executive Compensation over the Twentieth Century
In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views...
Does tax policy affect executive compensation? evidence from postwar tax reforms
Carola Frydman, Raven S. Molloy
Evidence since the 1980s suggests that the level and structure of executive compensation in U.S. public corporations are largely unresponsive to tax incentives. However, the relative tax advantage of...
Learning from the Past: Trends in Executive Compensation over the 20th Century
In recent years, a large academic debate has tried to explain the rapid rise in CEO pay experienced over the past three decades. In this article, I review the main proposed theories, which span views...
Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936--2005
We analyze the long-run trends in executive compensation using a new dataset of top officers of large firms from 1936 to 2005. The median real value of compensation was remarkably flat from the late...