Explaining the structure of CEO incentive pay with decreasing relative risk aversion
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Keywords
CEO pay; principal-agent model; corporate governance; stock-options;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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