The Shielding of CEO Compensation from the Effects of Strategic Expenditures

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-193

  Duru, Augustine ^a   Iyengar, Raghavan J ^b   Thevaranjan, Alex ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency model; CEO compensation; Shielding; Strategic expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346045794     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/UM8Q-NVJ6-JKGT-GH5W     Document Type: Article

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