Bidder CEO and other executive compensation in UK M&As

European Financial Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 609-631

  Coakley, Jerry ^a   Iliopoulou, Stavroula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Executive compensation; Managerial power

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247891695     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2006.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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