As income inequality continues to dominate America’s socioeconomic issues, the spotlight remains on the top 1 percent.  Are CEOs paid based on their performance in competitive markets? Or are they overpaid due to imperfect markets and inattentive boards of directors?

DEBATE: Are CEOs Overpaid?
Tuesday, April 14, 4:30 pm, Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Panelists:
Lucien Bebchuk, Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance; Director of the Program on Corporate Governance; Harvard Law School
Steven Kaplan, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Moderator: Econ Prof Doug Irwin

In addition to the debate, there will also be a student lunch with Steven Kaplan, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, on Tuesday, April 14 from 12:45-1:45 pm in Morrison Commons, Rockefeller Center.
If interested, please sign up here: http://studentlunchprofstevenkaplan.eventbrite.com

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Lucian Bebchuk is the William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor of Law, Economics, and Finance and Director of the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School. His research focuses on corporate governance, law and finance, and law and economics.  Bebchuk was included in the list of the "100 most influential players in corporate governance" of Directorship, the "100 most influential people in finance" of Treasury & Risk Management, and the list of top 10 ”governance stars” of Global Proxy Watch.

Steven N. Kaplan is the Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  Professor Kaplan is also the faculty director of Booth’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He is one of the world’s top researchers on private equity, venture capital, corporate governance, executive talent and income inequality.

Douglas Irwin has written several books, including Trade Policy Disaster: Lessons from the 1930s, Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression, and Free Trade Under Fire.  He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has also served on the staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  

Co-sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and the Political Economy Project.