Beyond the Basics of Executive Compensation: Researching What Corporate Executives Are Really Worth

This article explores two academically underserved areas on the subject of executive compensation: change in control payments and perquisites. These figures, although readily available through public filings, have been excluded from mainstream company-based resources and left to sporadically released topical reports. The article provides thorough background for these payments, the parameters for which they are allocated, and where to find the information using freely-available resources. Additionally, the article provides a review of paid resources that publish reports with this type of information.