Alexander Peppers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1477465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Peppers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Peppers |
| SIGNATURE | PEPPERS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4927-809X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
CEO pay in the United Kingdom, 1968–2022
This paper contributes to the literature on British business elites by examining the development of pay structures and levels for CEOs of large listed companies in the United Kingdom for the period 1968–2022. It describes two competing theories about executive pay, ‘optimal contracting theory’ and the ‘market failure approach’, and considers to what extent they help to explain the historical data. The paper notes how the imitation of American pay…
What Do Business Executives Think About Distributive Justice
While there exist extensive literatures on both distributive justice and senior executive pay, and a number of authors (notably the French economist Thomas Piketty) have addressed the implications of high pay for distributive justice, the existing literature fails to address what senior executives themselves think about distributive justice and whether they consider high income inequalities to be morally acceptable. We address this gap by analysi…
The role played by large firms in generating income inequality
We examine the role of large firms in generating income inequality. Specifically, we consider the growth in the use of asset-based rewards for senior executives, combined with continued use of salaries and wages for other employees, and the impact this has on measures of inequality within firms. Our paper presents data on intra firm inequality from the UK FTSE 100 for the period 2000–2015. It looks at ratios of CEO to average earnings and attempt…
Fairness, envy, guilt and greed
In this article we examine the extent to which fairness considerations are salient to senior executives, and consider the implications for agency theory, tournament theory and the design of top-management incentives. We look for patterns in a unique data set of senior executive preferences and seek explanations for these patterns using a model of fairness first advanced by Fehr and Schmidt in 1999. We propose a number of amendments to Fehr and Sc…
Effect of Environment on Leaf Morphology in the Woody Plant Genera Ceanothus and Alnus
Alexander Peppers, Effect of Environment on Leaf Morphology in the Woody Plant Genera Ceanothus and Alnus, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 61, No. 3, Africentrism and Multiculturalism: Conflict or Consonance (Summer, 1992), pp. 433-438
The role played by large firms in generating income inequality
We examine the role of large firms in generating income inequality. Specifically, we consider the growth in the use of asset-based rewards for senior executives, combined with continued use of salaries and wages for other employees, and the impact this has on measures of inequality within firms. Our paper presents data on intra firm inequality from the UK FTSE 100 for the period 2000–2015. It looks at ratios of CEO to average earnings and attempt…
CEO pay in the United Kingdom, 1968–2022
This paper contributes to the literature on British business elites by examining the development of pay structures and levels for CEOs of large listed companies in the United Kingdom for the period 1968–2022. It describes two competing theories about executive pay, ‘optimal contracting theory’ and the ‘market failure approach’, and considers to what extent they help to explain the historical data. The paper notes how the imitation of American pay…
Fairness, envy, guilt and greed
In this article we examine the extent to which fairness considerations are salient to senior executives, and consider the implications for agency theory, tournament theory and the design of top-management incentives. We look for patterns in a unique data set of senior executive preferences and seek explanations for these patterns using a model of fairness first advanced by Fehr and Schmidt in 1999. We propose a number of amendments to Fehr and Sc…
Effect of Environment on Leaf Morphology in the Woody Plant Genera Ceanothus and Alnus
Alexander Peppers, Effect of Environment on Leaf Morphology in the Woody Plant Genera Ceanothus and Alnus, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 61, No. 3, Africentrism and Multiculturalism: Conflict or Consonance (Summer, 1992), pp. 433-438
Fairness, envy, guilt and greed
In this article we examine the extent to which fairness considerations are salient to senior executives, and consider the implications for agency theory, tournament theory and the design of top-management incentives. We look for patterns in a unique data set of senior executive preferences and seek explanations for these patterns using a model of fairness first advanced by Fehr and Schmidt in 1999. We propose a number of amendments to Fehr and Sc…
The role played by large firms in generating income inequality
We examine the role of large firms in generating income inequality. Specifically, we consider the growth in the use of asset-based rewards for senior executives, combined with continued use of salaries and wages for other employees, and the impact this has on measures of inequality within firms. Our paper presents data on intra firm inequality from the UK FTSE 100 for the period 2000–2015. It looks at ratios of CEO to average earnings and attempt…
What Do Business Executives Think About Distributive Justice
While there exist extensive literatures on both distributive justice and senior executive pay, and a number of authors (notably the French economist Thomas Piketty) have addressed the implications of high pay for distributive justice, the existing literature fails to address what senior executives themselves think about distributive justice and whether they consider high income inequalities to be morally acceptable. We address this gap by analysi…
CEO pay in the United Kingdom, 1968–2022
This paper contributes to the literature on British business elites by examining the development of pay structures and levels for CEOs of large listed companies in the United Kingdom for the period 1968–2022. It describes two competing theories about executive pay, ‘optimal contracting theory’ and the ‘market failure approach’, and considers to what extent they help to explain the historical data. The paper notes how the imitation of American pay…
Economics (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Economic Theory and Institutions (2 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Positive economics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)