Profit sharing and the financial performance of firms: Evidence from Germany

Economics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-338

  Kraft, Kornelius ^a,b,c   Ugarković, Marija ^a,b,c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incentives; Profit sharing; Profitability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748042007     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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