Stock option repricing: Heads I win, tails you lose

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-312

  Arya, Avinash ^a   Sun, Huey Lian ^a,b  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Accounting   (United States)

Author keywords

APB 25; Business ethics; Corporate governance; Executive compensation; FASB 123; FASB 144; Stock option repricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043063610     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000025082.44204.b7     Document Type: Article

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