Technological change and the growing inequality in managerial compensation

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-627

  Lustig, Hanno ^a   Syverson, Chad ^b   Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate payout policy; Labor reallocation; Managerial compensation; Organizational capital; Pay for performance sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951483355     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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