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Charles A. O'Reilly III, Brian G. Main, Graef S. Crystal, CEO Compensation as Tournament and Social Comparison: A Tale of Two Theories, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Jun., 1988), pp. 257-274
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