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Expand Up @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ the time the company went public.[^ftcomconte.x613np]
Public companies offer executives equity compensation in no small part because of a tax
loophole. In 1993, President Bill Clinton attempted to limit executive pay with a new
section[^treasurygo.tbpcyx] of the Internal Revenue Code.
Unfortunately, the legislation backfired;
Ironically, the legislation backfired;
a loophole made performance-based pay—including stock options—fully tax deductible,
thereby creating a dramatic incentive to pay executives through stock options.[^epiorgpubl.cq5o0o]
From 1970–79, the average compensation for a CEO of one of the 50 largest firms in the
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