Managerial self-interest, pension financial slack and corporate pension funding

Financial Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 695-720

  Datta, Sudip ^a   Iskandar Datta, Mai E ^b   Zychowicz, Edward J ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037537279     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1996.tb00893.x     Document Type: Article

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