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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
Volume 88, Issue 1, Pages 1-25Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2007.05.001
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press; media; executive compensation; corporate governance
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We examine the press' role in monitoring and influencing executive compensation practice using more than 11,000 press articles about CEO compensation from 1994 to 2002. Negative press coverage is more strongly related to excess annual pay than to raw annual pay, suggesting a sophisticated approach by the media in selecting CEOs to cover. However, negative coverage is also greater for CEOs with more option exercises, suggesting the press engages in some degree of sensationalism. We find little evidence that firms respond to negative press coverage by decreasing excess CEO compensation or increasing CEO turnover. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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