Outside director compensation policy and the investment opportunity set

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 680-715

  Linn, Scott C ^a   Park, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation policy; Investment opportunities; Outside directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844533662     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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