Institutional investors and director pay: An empirical study of UK companies

Journal of Multinational Financial Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-29

  Dong, Min ^a   Ozkan, Aydin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Director pay; Institutional ownership; Pay performance relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449023915     PISSN: 1042444X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mulfin.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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