Stock option plans for non-executive employees

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 253-287

  Core, John E ^a   Guay, Wayne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation and incentives; Employees; Financing; G32; J33; J41; M4; Non executives; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013468440     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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