Abstract
This study examines board composition and CEO compensation structure as part of a simultaneous system that determines firm performance. Utilizing a principle agent framework, a positive relationship is hypothesized between incentive compensation structure and firm performance. Evaluating the function and behavior of the board of directors, it is hypothesized that board composition is positively related to firm performance but negatively related to incentive compensation structure. Using three-stage least squares regression estimation, this study does not find statistical evidence supporting the notion of a simultaneous system. There is, however, some evidence that compensation structure is negatively related to firm performance and board independence is positively related to compensation structure.
Advisor
Sell, John
Department
Business Economics
Recommended Citation
Zoldan, Jacob, "A Simultaneous System of Internal Control: An Empirical Study of CEO Compensation Structure, Board Composition and Firm Performance" (2016). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7215.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7215
Publication Date
2016
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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