The effect of labor market demand on U.S. CEO pay since 1980

Financial Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 931-950

  Nagel, Gregory L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO wages; D2; D3; Executive compensation; Extreme value theory; G34; J3; Labor market demand; Superstars

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005775481     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2010.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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