CEO incentives and earnings management

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-529

  Bergstresser, Daniel ^a   Philippon, Thomas ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO compensation; Earnings management; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644669335     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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