Can the agency costs of debt and equity explain the changes in executive compensation during the 1990s?

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 516-535

  Bryan, Stephen ^a   Nash, Robert ^a   Patel, Ajay ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Executive compensation; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645862854     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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