Long Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP 1887-2012
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- Mike Pottenger & Andrew Leigh, 2016. "Long-Run Trends in Australian Executive Remuneration: BHP, 1887–2012," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 56(1), pages 2-20, March.
- Mike Pottenger & Andrew Leigh, 2013. "Long run trends in Australian executive remuneration: BHP 1887-2012," CEH Discussion Papers 017, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
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Keywords
income distribution; inequality; executive remuneration;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2013-07-20 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-HIS-2013-07-20 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HRM-2013-07-20 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2013-07-20 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2013-07-20 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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