Executive stock-based compensation and firms' cash payout: The role of shareholders' tax-related payout preferences

Review of Accounting Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 216-251

  Aboody, David ^a   Kasznik, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dividend taxes; Executive compensation; Payout policy; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449134601     PISSN: 13806653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11142-008-9068-1     Document Type: Article

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