The majority of Americans think CEOs are overpaid, according to a new report from the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. But the public is split on whether the government should do more to regulate executive compensation.
The report, released on Feb. 4, found that 74 percent of Americans believe CEOs are overpaid relative to the average worker. Responses varied by political persuasion, but not as much as you might think. A quarter of Republicans believe CEOs are compensated appropriately relative to the average worker, compared with 16 percent of Democrats and 11 percent of Independents.
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