Executive pay and shareholder litigation

Review of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-184

  Peng, Lin ^a   Röell, Ailsa ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

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EID: 44849110073     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfl003     Document Type: Article

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