CEO compensation and bank mergers

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 107-138

  Bliss, Richard T ^a   Rosen, Richard J ^b  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Compensation; G21; G34; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035402415     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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