The incentives of compensation consultants and CEO pay

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Cadman, Brian ^a   Carter, Mary Ellen ^b   Hillegeist, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Compensation consultants; Corporate advisors; Executive compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849091699     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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