Internal capital markets and firm-level compensation incentives for division managers

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Wulf, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041876419     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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