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Leverage decision and manager compensation with choice of effort and volatility

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  • Cadenillas, Abel
  • Cvitanic, Jaksa
  • Zapatero, Fernando

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  • Cadenillas, Abel & Cvitanic, Jaksa & Zapatero, Fernando, 2004. "Leverage decision and manager compensation with choice of effort and volatility," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(1), pages 71-92, July.
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