Tournament incentives, firm risk, and corporate policies

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 350-376

  Kini, Omesh ^a   Williams, Ryan ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate policies; Firm risk; Tournament incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 83955162242     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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