Executive Compensation, Fat Cats, and Best Athletes

American Sociological Review

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 299-328

  Kim, Jerry W ^a   Kogut, Bruce ^a   Yang, Jae Suk ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation norms; endogeneity; inequality; interorganizational networks; placebo networks

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925634661     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122415572463     Document Type: Article

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