Executive compensation and earnings persistence

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-382

  Ashley, Allan S ^a   Yang, Simon S M ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Executive persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043158493     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000025031.81884.ed     Document Type: Article

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