Executive Compensation: How Much Is Enough? an in Depth Look at the Rising Cost of Executive Compensation Compared to the Performance of the Firm (Report‪)‬

ABSTRACT This paper investigates the rising cost of executives in today's corporations. The principal findings show that the cost of an executive has risen and not always in accordance with the performance of the firm. This has been to numerous factors including varying the compensation packages and the tax benefits that corporations can obtain while granting the various forms of compensation. Furthermore, this paper investigates various companies and the manner in which the executives were paid in relation to their performance.