The growth of executive pay

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-303

  Bebchuk, Lucian ^a   Grinstein, Yaniv ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAGE DETERMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844525494     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gri017     Document Type: Article

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