Exercise behavior, valuation, and the incentive effects of employee stock options

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 445-470

  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)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Employee stock options; Executive compensation; Option exercises

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844364706     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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