Politically-connected boards and the structure of chief executive officer compensation packages in Taiwanese firms

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 578-606

  Yu, Hsin Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Equity based compensation; Politically connected boards; Public interest; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957658429     PISSN: 20419945     EISSN: 20416156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6156.2010.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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