CEO stock options and equity risk incentives

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 26-44

  Williams, Melissa A ^a   Rao, Ramesh P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation structure; Equity risk; Firm performance; Incentive effects; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645123698     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.01357.x     Document Type: Article

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