Does Globalization Create Superstars?

Hans Gersbach and Armin Schmutzler

No 706, SOI - Working Papers from Socioeconomic Institute - University of Zurich

Abstract: To examine the impact of globalization on managerial compensation, we consider a matching model where a number of firms compete both in the product market and in the managerial market. We show that globalization, i.e. the simultaneous integration of product markets and managerial pools, leads to an increase in the heterogeneity of managerial salaries. Typically, while the most able managers obtain a wage increase, less able managers are faced with a reduction in wages. Hence our model can explain the increasing heterogeneity of CEO compensation that has been observed in the last few decades.

Keywords: Globalization; manager remuneration; superstars (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D43 F15 J31 L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2007-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-lab and nep-mkt
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