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Economic crises tend to have a disproportionate negative impact on employees rather than high-paid executives, whose incomes often increase even at the worst of times. The author proposes a new mechanism -- parity pills -- designed to be triggered by external shocks like pandemics and recessions, or...

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Main Author: Skladany, Martin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : MIT Sloan Management Review, 2022.
Edition:[First edition].
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Economic crises tend to have a disproportionate negative impact on employees rather than high-paid executives, whose incomes often increase even at the worst of times. The author proposes a new mechanism -- parity pills -- designed to be triggered by external shocks like pandemics and recessions, or internal factors like revenue declines or pay inequality thresholds -- that would ameliorate the effects on workers while upping the financial responsibility of CEOs.
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 pages)