Do incentives matter? Managerial contracts for dual-purpose funds

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-299

  Lemmon, Michael L ^a   Schallheim, James S ^a   Zender, Jaime F ^a  

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; CONTRACTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 0034127593     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/262119     Document Type: Article

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