Risk taking of executives under different incentive contracts: Experimental evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Lefebvre, Mathieu ^a   Vieider, Ferdinand M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Experimental finance; Prospect theory; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887549224     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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