Total board remuneration and company performance

Economic Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 439, 1996, Pages 1627-1644

  Main, Brian G M ^a   Bruce, Alistair ^a   Buck, Trevor ^a  

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EID: 0001125429     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2235204     Document Type: Article

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