CEO stock-based pay, home-country risk, and foreign firms' capital acquisition in the US market

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 496-510

  Carpenter, Mason A ^a   Indro, Daniel C ^b   Miller, Stewart R ^c   Richards, Malika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

American Depository Receipts; CEO Stock Based Compensation; Corporate Governance; Equity Offering; Home Country Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049418286     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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