What is Fair Pay for Executives? An Information Theoretic Analysis of Wage Distributions

The high pay packages of U.S. CEOs have raised serious concerns about what would constitute a fair pay. Since the present economic models do not adequately address this fundamental question, we propose a new theory based on statistical mechanics and information theory. We use the principle of maximu...

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Main Author: Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-11-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/11/4/766/