The effect of managerial incentives to bear risk on corporate capital structure and R&D investment

Financial Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-101

  Nam, Jouahn ^a   Ottoo, Richard E ^a   Thornton, John H ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financing policy; Managerial incentives; Managerial risk aversion; R D investment; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744460865     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6288.00036     Document Type: Article

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