French CEOs' compensations: What is the cost of a mandatory upper limit?

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-191

  Llense, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Regulation; Superstars theory; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STANDARD (REGULATION); THRESHOLD; WAGE DETERMINATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 77953972219     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifq002     Document Type: Article

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