How employee stock options and executive equity ownership affect long-term IPO operating performance

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 695-720

  Pukthuanthong, Kuntara ^a   Roll, Richard ^b   Walker, Thomas ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Initial public offerings; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349004651     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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