Ceo gender and firm performance

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-66

  Khan, Walayet A ^a   Vieito, João Paulo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Gender; Performances; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878348448     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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