Disproportional ownership structure and pay-performance relationship: Evidence from China's listed firms

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-554

  Cao, Jerry ^a   Pan, Xiaofei ^b   Tian, Gary ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Managerial compensation; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952993850     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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