Managing stock option expense: The manipulation of option-pricing model assumptions;La gestion des charges liées aux options d'achat d'actions: Manipulation des hypothèses afférentes au modèle d'évaluation des options

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 395-425

  Johnston, Derek ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings management; Option pricing model assumptions; Stock based compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745588031     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/6YVX-9KDJ-08UC-P0Q6     Document Type: Article

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