CEOs versus CFOs: Incentives and corporate policies

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-278

  Chava, Sudheer ^a   Purnanandam, Amiyatosh ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accrual; Capital structure; Cash balance; Debt maturity; Incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952957307     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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