The Impact of Financial and Tax Reporting Incentives on Option Grants to Canadian CEOs

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-262

  Klassen, Kenneth J ^a   Mawani, Amin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Financial reporting; Hypothesis testing; Stock options; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043044566     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/GJM7-MUXJ-7QAE-CULW     Document Type: Article

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