Executive compensation and dividend policy

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 335-358

  White, Lourdes Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Compensation contracts; Dividend policy; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030188143     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1199(96)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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