The determinants of chief executive compensation in transitional economies: Evidence from Bulgaria

Labour Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-336

  Jones, Derek C ^a   Kato, Takao ^b,c  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^c Jerome Levy Economics Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Executive compensation; Managerial labor markets; Managerial pay; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268676     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(96)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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