The determinants of CEO compensation: Rent extraction or labour demand?

British Accounting Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-275

  Chalmers, Keryn ^a   Koh, Ping Sheng ^b   Stapledon, Geof ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CEO compensation; Corporate governance; Firm performance; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747389058     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: 10958347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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