The determinants of CEO compensation within the U.K. Building Society sector are investigated. Using an unbalanced panel data set for the period 1986-90, the authors find only weak support for the existence of a positive performance and CEO remuneration. In contrast, they find age to be an...

This paper provides a systematic empirical analysis of the effects of merger and acquisition activity on profitability and firm-level employee remuneration in the UK, using a specially constructed database for the period 1979-91. It finds that both profitability and wages rise following...