Compensation in the Financial Sector: Are all Bankers Superstars?
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Keywords
Finance; compensation ; wage distribution ; wage structure ; incentives; superstars;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
- G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2010-10-23 (Labour Economics)
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