Linking CEO pay to firm performance: Empirical evidence from the electric utility industry

Managerial Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 21-33

  Duru, Augustine I ^a   Iyengar, Raghavan J ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting research; Chief executives; Electricity industry; Organizational performance; Performance related pay; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015611547     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074359910766136     Document Type: Article

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