Dynamic incentives and responsibility accounting: A comment

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-436

  Christensen, Peter O ^a   Feltham, Gerald A ^b   Sabac, Florin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Dynamic incentives; Limited commitment; Management compensation; Ratchet effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043180504     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(03)00040-5     Document Type: Note

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