Executive remuneration and corporate divestment: Motivating managers to make unpalatable decisions

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 792-818

  Haynes, Michelle ^a   Thompson, Steve ^a   Wright, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divestment; Dynamic panel data; Executive remuneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547255193     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2007.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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