In seinem Kommentar diskutiert Martin Schütte, ehem. Vorstandsmitglied der HypoVereinsbank/Bayer. Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank sowie Universität München, Vorschläge und entwickelt Eckpunkte und Entscheidungskriterien für die Vergütung von Vorständen und Top-Managern. So müsse...

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we investigate differences in the unexplained gender pay gap between owner-run and manager-run firms. We hypothesise that owner-managers and hired managers differ in their discretion to engage in profit-reducing taste discrimination...

In the UK, the top executive remuneration policy is not geared towards the creation of value but compensation revisions are rather driven by changes in corporate size, measured by sales growth. This suggests that managing larger firms requires special managerial skills. Even in UK companies with...