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Executive Perquisites (Perks)

Cassidy Logelin, Gabriela Chinn Farmer, Emilee Cui


Agenda

1. Definition

2. Research Articles

3. Similarities & Differences

4. Advantages & Disadvantages

5. Discussion Questions
● Corporate Aircraft
● Automotive
● Professional Services
● Relocation Services
● Corporate Housing
● Tax Benefits
What are Executive Perks? ● Severance/CIC: “golden parachute”
● Flex Perks
● Insurance Premiums
● Personal and Home Security
● Charity
● Event tickets
● Dividends
● Plan based contributions
“8 Truly Incredible CEO Perks”

● Personal security
● Private air travel
● Life insurance
● Disability premiums
● Villa leases
● Financial planning
● Tax assistance
● Legal fees
“Executive Benefits and Perquisites”
Fortune 500 Execs

● Aircraft Efficiency

● Automotive Attraction and retention

● Personal Services Perks Security


“Excess perks and stock price crash
risk: Evidence from China”

● Positive correlation between excess perks and crash risk


● Perks constitute an important part of compensation for
managers to perform
● Reduce firm value by resource diversion
● Regulations passed by the Chinese Government to cap excess
compensation
● Loopholes
“The economic psychology of incentives
- An international study of top managers”

● 17 countries researched - increase in LTI over STI


● Make up a large proportion of total compensation
● Executives surveyed: $30,000 today vs. $90,000 in three years
● Extrinsic motivation in terms of expectancy theory not effective
● Executives perceive a loss of value; prefer less risky, more immediate rewards
● Conclusion: Long-term incentives are not an efficient form of reward
Similarities Differences
● Larger companies have greater ● LTI impact to the organization
perks ● Country variation
● Same top perks offered around the ● Different types of perks
world considered effective/not effective
● Stock options have the greatest ● Difference in impact of stock
impact options
● Size of company impacts the
management philosophy
Advantages Disadvantages
● Improve production ● Branding
● Attraction ● High cost
● Retention ● Perceived inequity for non-
● Branding execs
Discussion
Question 1: Because:

1) They improve organizational


morale and culture?

2) They improve organizational


Why should executives receive
performance/profit?
perks?
3) It will attract/retain top talent?
Discussion What is one outlandish perk you
Question 2: would consider to be effective in
retaining/attracting you if you
were an executive?
References

Dewan, A. (2013, December 16). 8 truly incredible CEO perks. Human Resources Online. Retrieved April 3, 2019, from

https://www.humanresourcesonline.net/8-truly-incredible-ceo-perks/

Equilar.com. (2016). Executive Benefits and Perquisites. Equilar. Retrieved April 3, 2019 from https://www.equilar.com/reports

/31-executive-benefits-and-perquisites.html/

Long, R., Singh, P., & Belacourt, M. (2018). Strategic compensation in Canada (6th ed.). Toronto, Ontario: Nelson.

Pepper, A. and Gore, J. (2014). The economic psychology of incentives: An international study of top managers. Journal of

World Business, 49(3), 350-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2013.07.002

Xu, N., Li, X., Yuan, Q., & Chan, K. (2014). Excess perks and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China. Journal of Corporate

Finance, 25, 419-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.01.006

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