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Re:Top-CEO Pay Isn’t Driven By Talent, New Study Says by andyjohnson0 on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @04:45AM (#9770393)
"The rise in CEO pay actually correlates partly with transparency."

This seems reasonable, and I don't disbelieve you, but do you have any pointers to studies that back-up this conclusion?

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Re:Top-CEO Pay Isn’t Driven By Talent, New Study Says by quadrangle on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @10:06AM (#9771631)
Well, see https://www.fastcompany.com/1803069/social-medias-envy-effec...

Dan Ariely talks about this in his research, how important the comparison issue is. People feel more rewarded being the highest paid and undervalued being the lowest paid. As long as all numbers are above a comfortable base income, this comparative element overwhelms any actual significance of the absolute amount of money.

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Re:Top-CEO Pay Isn’t Driven By Talent, New Study Says by biehl on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @05:09AM (#9770465)
Paul Krugman has a somewhat related theory.

http://www.vox.com/2015/5/18/8619687/paul-krugman-ceo-pay

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