Managerial ownership, incentive contracting, and the use of zero-cost collars and equity swaps by corporate insiders

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-370

  Bettis, J Carr ^a   Bizjak, John M ^b   Lemmon, Michael L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0035598193     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676287     Document Type: Article

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