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Which Pay for what Performance? Evidence from <strong>Executive</strong><br />

Compensati<strong>on</strong> in Germany and the United States<br />

Table 2.11: Logit Model for Propensity Score Matching (Germany=1)<br />

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009<br />

EBIT 3.61*** 5.18*** 4.71*** 6.49*** 4.19***<br />

(3.87) (5.09) (4.73) (6.12) (3.89)<br />

Stock Return 1.67*** 0.6072** 0.5106* -1.26*** 0.2042<br />

(5.66) (2.50) (2.24) (-3.52) (1.29)<br />

Sales Growth -3.18*** -0.6969 -1.53*** -0.0175 0.3423<br />

(-3.78) (-1.28) (-2.67) (-0.04) (0.66)<br />

Total Assets -1.24*** -1.49*** -1.31*** -1.57*** -1.22***<br />

(-5.46) (-8.24) (-7.62) (-9.34) (-7.64)<br />

Industry Dummies yes yes yes yes yes<br />

Observati<strong>on</strong>s 949 1,084 1,197 1,204 1,110<br />

The Logit regressi<strong>on</strong> models the probability that a firm is German as a functi<strong>on</strong> of<br />

earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), stock return, sales growth, total assets<br />

of the respective firm-year and industry dummies. We <strong>on</strong>ly include industries for<br />

which there are firms in Germany and the U.S., since we demand the matched pairs<br />

to come from the same industry. Significance levels of 1, 5 and 10 percent are<br />

indicated by ***, ** and *, respectively.<br />

Table 2.12: Compensati<strong>on</strong> Comp<strong>on</strong>ents in Matched U.S.<br />

Sample, 2005-2009<br />

Matched U.S. Sample [N=3,665]<br />

Mean Median Minimum Maximum<br />

Total 1,801 936 174 22,509<br />

Fixed 379 316 12 1,649<br />

Short Term 463 180 0 22,415<br />

L<strong>on</strong>g Term 960 382 0 19,502<br />

Share Fixed 0.37 0.33 0.01 1<br />

Share Short Term 0.21 0.19 0 1<br />

Share L<strong>on</strong>g Term 0.42 0.43 0 0.98<br />

All numbers in the first four lines are in thousands of 2005 U.S. Dollars.<br />

Fixed compensati<strong>on</strong> is not performance related, e.g. base salary,<br />

company cars, etc. Short-term compensati<strong>on</strong> are annual cash b<strong>on</strong>uses.<br />

L<strong>on</strong>g-term compensati<strong>on</strong> is the value of shares, opti<strong>on</strong>s and compensati<strong>on</strong><br />

based <strong>on</strong> incentive plans. The last three lines show the respective<br />

shares of total compensati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

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