Restructuring charges and CEO cash compensation: A reexamination

Accounting Review

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 169-192

  Adut, Davit ^a   Cready, William H ^b   Lopez, Thomas J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation committee; Executive compensation; Restructuring charges

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037288644     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2003.78.1.169     Document Type: Article

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