We examine the impact of board structure on executive pay for 1,880 UK public firms over the period 19832002, using panel data analysis. First, the proportion of non-executive directors tends to decrease the rate of increase ...

We examine the impact of board size on firm performance for a large sample of 2746 UK listed firms over 1981-2002. The UK provides an interesting institutional setting, because UK boards play a weak monitoring role and ...

This paper examines the impact of acquisitions by UK acquirers on executive pay. The overall sample shows a significant transitory pay increase. Pay changes are not affected by target nationality or organizational form, ...