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Executive compensation and risk: The case of internet firms

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  • Lulseged, Ayalew
  • Nowlin, Tanya S.

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  • Dee, Carol Callaway & Lulseged, Ayalew & Nowlin, Tanya S., 2005. "Executive compensation and risk: The case of internet firms," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 80-96, December.
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