Chief executive officer incentives, monitoring, and corporate risk management: Evidence from insurance use

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-582

  Adams, Mike ^a   Lin, Chen ^a   Zou, Hong ^a  

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EID: 80052079189     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: 15396975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6975.2011.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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