Is CEO cash compensation punished for poor firm performance?

Accounting Review

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1065-1093

  Shaw, Kenneth W ^a   Zhang, May H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonus contracts; CEO compensation; Pay for performance sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954336741     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.3.1065     Document Type: Article

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