"… lue of their shares and — via stock awards to senior managers — hiking executive compensation rather than investing the money in new jobs or research and development, a …"

"… essly forbade companies from using repatriated funds for stock buybacks or executive compensation. But that did nothing to keep companies from doing so. “Estimates imply …"

"… repatriated was used for payouts to shareholders. “Stock repurchases and executive compensation climbed at the largest repatriating corporations, while hiring stagnated o …"