Why has CEO pay increased so much?

X Gabaix, A Landier - The quarterly journal of economics, 2008 - academic.oup.com
This paper develops a simple equilibrium model of CEO pay. CEOs have different talents
and are matched to firms in a competitive assignment model. In market equilibrium, a CEO's …

The impact of managerial quality on organizational performance: Evidence from German soccer

B Frick, R Simmons - Managerial and Decision Economics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we use a novel panel data set from the German premier soccer league
(Bundesliga) as a case to show how variations in managerial compensation impact …

Does inequality hamper innovation and growth? An AB-SFC analysis

A Caiani, A Russo, M Gallegati - Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2019 - Springer
We propose to analyze the relationship between inequality and economic development by
means of an Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent model where workers have been …

The effect of consumption and production structure on growth and distribution. A micro to macro model

T Ciarli, A Lorentz, M Savona, M Valente - Metroeconomica, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The paper offers a theoretical analysis of long‐run economic growth as an outcome of
structural changes. We model the microeconomic behaviour of firms in the final good and …

The effect of demand-driven structural transformations on growth and technological change

A Lorentz, T Ciarli, M Savona, M Valente - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2016 - Springer
The paper analyses the effect of the dynamics of consumption preferences on the dynamics
of macro–economic growth. We endogenously derive micro–dynamics of consumption …

A theory of political cycles

L Martinez - Journal of Economic Theory, 2009 - Elsevier
We study how the proximity of elections affects policy choices in a model in which
policymakers want to improve their reputation to increase their reelection chances …

Are higher wages good for business? An assessment under alternative innovation and investment scenarios

A Caiani, A Russo, M Gallegati - Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2020 - cambridge.org
This paper aims at investigating the interplay between inequality, innovation dynamics, and
investment behaviors in shaping the long-run patterns of growth of a closed economy. By …

The complex interactions between economic growth and market concentration in a model of structural change

T Ciarli, M Valente - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2016 - Elsevier
We study the relation between variety, market concentration, and economic growth, along
different phases of economic development which entail a number of changes to the structure …

Does inequality hamper innovation and growth?

A Caiani, A Russo, M Gallegati - Available at SSRN 2790911, 2016 - papers.ssrn.com
The paper builds upon the Agent Based-Stock Flow Consistent model presented in Caiani et
al.(2015) to analyze the relationship between income and wealth inequality and economic …

CEO compensation: Trends, market changes, and regulation

A Jarque - FRB Richmond Economic Quarterly, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
The average pay of a chief executive officer (CEO) in a top US firm has increased six-fold in
the last three decades. Simultaneously, the composition of pay has moved away from salary …