Earnings-based bonus plans and the agency costs of debt

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 431-447

  Duru, Augustine ^a   Mansi, Sattar A ^b   Reeb, David M ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting earnings; Cash bonus compensation; Corporate governance; Current earnings; Risk shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644518375     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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