Table 2 contains the results of OLS fixed-effect regressions on the log of compensation
measures of the two boards. We are most interested in the results dealing with the MB. Panel A
of Table 2 reports results for regressions using the log of average salary of a management board
member and the log of total salaries of the management board members of each firm as the
dependent variables. The results for both measures of compensation are quite similar indicating
that we are capturing the same compensation process with either definition and can proceed to
report results only for the average salary per board member in the following tables. The
ownership concentration variable is has a negative coefficient and is statistically significant in
both equations as predicted by the agency hypothesis. Firms with more concentrated ownership
provide less compensation for MB members. ROE has a positive and significant coefficient for
the average MB member salary but is insignificant for the firm total MB salary. The Sales
variable has a positive and statistically significant coefficient in both equations indicating that
larger size leads to greater compensation for the members of the MB.16 The Bank Influence
dummy variable is negative in both cases at the 5% level. Bank influence appears to reduce
management compensation.