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C<strong>on</strong>tents<br />

Vorwort<br />

C<strong>on</strong>tents<br />

List of Tables<br />

I<br />

II<br />

VI<br />

Summary 1<br />

Zusammenfassung 5<br />

1 <strong>Executive</strong> Compensati<strong>on</strong> and Firm Performance in Germany 9<br />

1.1 Introducti<strong>on</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

1.2 Related Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

1.2.1 Empirical Evidence <strong>on</strong> Pay, Performance and Risk . . . . . . . 13<br />

1.2.2 German Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

1.3 Data Descripti<strong>on</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

1.3.1 Compensati<strong>on</strong> Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />

1.3.2 Firm Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

1.4 Hypothesis Development and Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

1.4.1 Hypotheses for German Compensati<strong>on</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

1.4.2 Estimati<strong>on</strong> Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

1.5 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

1.5.1 Pay-Performance Sensitivities Based <strong>on</strong> Stock Returns . . . . 27<br />

1.5.2 Pay-Performance Sensitivities Based <strong>on</strong> EBIT . . . . . . . . . 28<br />

1.5.3 Pay-Performance Sensitivities of Compensati<strong>on</strong> Comp<strong>on</strong>ents . 30<br />

1.5.4 <strong>Executive</strong> Compensati<strong>on</strong> and Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . 31<br />

1.5.5 <strong>Executive</strong> Compensati<strong>on</strong> and Employee Representati<strong>on</strong> . . . . 33<br />

1.6 Robustness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

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