Insider trading restrictions and top executive compensation

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-112

  Denis, David J ^a   Xu, Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Insider ownership; Insider trading restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879850086     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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