Linking pay to performance - compensation proposals in the S&P 500

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 489-523

  Morgan, Angela G ^a   Poulsen, Annette B ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; G32; G34; Incentives; J33; Proxy voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012603573     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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