How the legal system affects the equity mix in executive compensation

Financial Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 393-418

  Bryan, Stephen ^a   Nash, Robert ^b   Patel, Ajay ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953558245     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: 1755053X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053X.2010.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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