Scaling laws, talent amplification, and executive compensation in the commercial bank industry

W. Walls

Journal of Economics and Finance, 1999, vol. 23, issue 2, 133-142

Abstract: This research takes an alternative approach in analyzing the distribution of executive compensation in the commercial banking industry. We make use of scaling laws—laws often applied in the physical sciences that relate the intensity of an event to its frequency—to quantify the distribution of compensation and to make inferences on the type of process that generates it. We find that the distribution of compensation for chief executive officers, chief financial officers and chief operating officers is consistent with the amplification of managerial talent. However, we find that senior lending officer compensation does not support such increasing returns to talent. (JEL G210, Y330) Copyright Springer 1999

Date: 1999
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