The bonus share of flexible pay in Germany, Japan and the US: Some empirical regularities

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Nakamura, Masao ^a   Hübler, Olaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonuses; Compensation schemes; E32; Germany; J31; J33; Japan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040687438     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0922-1425(97)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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