The exercise and valuation of executive stock options

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-158

  Carpenter, Jennifer N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive stock options; Exercise policy; G13; J33; M41; Nontransferable option; Option valuation; Utility maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001637378     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-405x(98)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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