Compensation/audit committee overlap and the design of compensation systems

International Journal of Disclosure and Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-152

  Zheng, Xiaochuan ^a   Cullinan, Charles P ^a  

^a BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit committee; Compensation committee; Corporate governance; Director overlap; Incentive based compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951803562     PISSN: 17413591     EISSN: 17466539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jdg.2009.23     Document Type: Article

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