CEO duality and compensation in the market for corporate control

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 342-353

  Dorata, Nina T ^a   Petra, Steven T ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Chief executives; Compensation; Corporate governance; Incentives (psychology)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015689074     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810866216     Document Type: Article

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