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Sylvester Eijffinger
Wednesday, 27 November 2013 - 04:32

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Rewards policy will not decrease bonuses

A stricter rewards policy will not result in a dramatic decrease of overall bonuses in the financial sector. If bonuses go down, fixed salaries will just go up, predicts professor of financial economics in Tilburg, Sylvester Eijffinger.The system works the same as communicating vessels, according to the professor. If the government caps the bonuses at 20 percent of the fixed salary, it will result in the salary going up, explains Eijffinger. bag of money
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