Are debt and incentive compensation substitutes in controlling the free cash flow agency problem?

Financial Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-541

  Zhang, Yilei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 70349915706     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2009.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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