Explicit relative performance evaluation in performance-vested equity grants

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 269-306

  Carter, Mary Ellen ^a   Ittner, Christopher D ^b   Zechman, Sarah L C ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Corporate governance; Equity incentives; Relative performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349270562     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-009-9085-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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