TY - JOUR TT - Relationship between Corporate Governance and CEO Compensation among Listed Firms in Tehran Stock Exchange AU - Irani, Mahroo AU - Gerayeli, Mehdi Safari PY - 2017 DA - March JF - International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues JO - IJEFI PB - İlhan ÖZTÜRK WT - DergiPark SN - 2146-4138 SP - 285 EP - 292 VL - 7 IS - 1 KW - executives’ compensation KW - ratio of non-executive board members KW - dichotomy of managing director responsibility KW - ownership of institutional investors KW - managerial ownership N2 - This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance and executives’ compensation. This is semi-empirical study and statistical sample of research was 95 companies listed in Tehran stock exchange from 2010 to 2014. Variables ratio of non-executive board members, dichotomy of managing director responsibility, ownership of institutional shareholders and managerial ownership were considered as independent variables. Factors influencing executives’ compensation were considered and the relationship between these variables was studied using multivariate regression. Findings show that there is significant relationship between duty of managing director, ownership of institutional investors and managerial ownership. However, there was no evidence for significant relationship between ratios of non-executive board members with executives’ compensation. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue//353188 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/364179 ER -