Chief executive compensation and corporate groups in Japan: New evidence from micro data

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 455-467

  Kato, Takao ^a,b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate groups; Executive compensation; Japan; Keiretsu; Managerial labor markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531159     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7187(96)01030-2     Document Type: Article

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