CEO stock option awards and the timing of corporate voluntary disclosures

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-100

  Aboody, David ^a   Kasznik, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO stock option awards; D82; M41; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002854219     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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