What Drives Sell-Side Analyst Compensation at High-Status Investment Banks?

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 969-1000

  Groysberg, Boris ^a   Healy, Paul M ^a   Maber, David A ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79960409777     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2011.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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