A Comparison of Compensation of CEOs in the U

question 290

Multiple Choice

A comparison of compensation of CEOs in the U.S. with compensation of top executives in Canada and Europe indicates that:

• A) U.S. CEOs are working for much lower compensation.
• B) pay for CEOs at major corporations is about the same in all of these nations.
• C) executives in the U.S. are compensated at a much higher rate.
• D) U.S. executives are paid better than average when their firms are successful, but worse than average when their firms struggle.

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