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Pay for Performance and Corporate Governance Reform

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  • HRISTOS DOUCOULIAGOS
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  • Hristos Doucouliagos & Janto Haman & T.D. Stanley, 2012. "Pay for Performance and Corporate Governance Reform," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(3), pages 670-703, July.
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