The tax (dis)advantage of a firm issuing options on its own stock

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 925-955

  McDonald, Robert L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation options; Convertible bonds; Corporate tax; Options; Put warrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344702682     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(03)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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