Corporate performance and CEO compensation in China

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 693-714

  Firth, Michael ^a   Fung, Peter M Y ^a   Rui, Oliver M ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Ownership; Pay performance sensitivities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646803837     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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