Managerial incentives and risk-taking

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 431-468

  Coles, Jeffrey L ^a   Daniel, Naveen D ^b   Naveen, Lalitha ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Financing policy; Investment policy; Managerial incentives; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744467191     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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