Managerial power, compensation gap and firm performance - Evidence from Chinese public listed companies

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-164

  Lin, Bing Xuan ^a   Lu, Rui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agency problem; Chinese market; Compensation gap; Managerial power; Performance; Tournament theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049098032     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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