MURFREESBORO — A
professor shares a unique perspective on corporations’ chief executive officers
and their sharp increases in pay over the past few decades on the next edition
of the “MTSU On the Record” radio program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Greg Nagel, assistant
director of finance in the MTSU Department of Economics and Finance, will air
from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 22,
on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
Nagel’s research paper, “The Overconfidence of Boards and
the Increase in CEO Pay Over Time,” was published in the November/December 2014
issue of The Journal of Applied Business Research.
He asserts that executives’ pay has skyrocketed tenfold
since 1980 because of corporate boards’ misplaced confidence in candidates
outside their own ranks.
Furthermore, Nagel finds, the use of external search firms
to select candidates has increased CEOs’ bargaining power, enabling them to
jump from firm to firm without needing to improve their companies to gain
higher salaries.
“(Executive search firms) needed executives from other firms
in order to make their business work,” said Nagel. “And they usually get about
a third of the first year’s cash pay when they place somebody. And they get more
if they place an outsider.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to
http://www.mtsunews.com/ontherecord/.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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