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Agency, Delayed Compensation, and the Structure of Executive Remuneration

Published: 12/01/1983   |   DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.1983.tb03836.x

JONATHAN EATON, HARVEY S. ROSEN

In this paper we examine the factors affecting the structure of executives' compensation packages. We focus particularly on the role of various types of delayed compensation as means of “bonding” executives to their firms.