Too much of a good incentive? The case of executive stock options

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1225-1245

  Tian, Yisong S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Certainty equivalent value; Executive compensation; Executive stock options; Incentives; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342531806     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(03)00122-5     Document Type: Article

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