College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) is a pension fund that has billions of dollars invested in the stock market. Fund participants recently voted on a proposal that would have placed strict limits on the amount of compensation paid to CREF executives. Why do you think 75 percent of the participants voted against the proposal? Provide an economic argument against the proposal.

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