Do executive stock option grants have value implications for firm performance?

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-274

  Lam, Swee Sum ^a   Chng, Bey Fen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Author keywords

Agency theory; Compensation; Endogeneity; Executive stock option grants; Firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944455859     PISSN: 0924865X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11156-006-7433-3     Document Type: Review

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