Valuing the reload features of executive stock options

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-240

  Saly, P Jane ^a   Jagannathan, Ravi ^b   Huddart, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated ownership; Binomial option pricing model; Compensation; Continuation; Replacement; Replenishment; Restoration; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344539383     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.1999.13.3.219     Document Type: Article

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