The impact of corporate governance on executive compensation

European Financial Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 710-746

  Sapp, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749084028     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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