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Top Pay, Company Performance and Corporate Governance. / Conyon, Martin; Leech, D.
In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 56, No. 3, 08.1994, p. 229-247.

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Conyon, M & Leech, D 1994, 'Top Pay, Company Performance and Corporate Governance', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 229-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1994.mp56003001.x

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Conyon, M., & Leech, D. (1994). Top Pay, Company Performance and Corporate Governance. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 56(3), 229-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.1994.mp56003001.x

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Conyon M, Leech D. Top Pay, Company Performance and Corporate Governance. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 1994 Aug;56(3):229-247. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.1994.mp56003001.x

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Conyon, Martin ; Leech, D. / Top Pay, Company Performance and Corporate Governance. In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 1994 ; Vol. 56, No. 3. pp. 229-247.

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