Accelerated vesting of employee stock options in anticipation of FAS 123-R

Journal of Accounting Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-146

  Choudhary, Preeti ^a   Rajgopal, Shivaram ^b   Venkatachalam, Mohan ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58449136913     PISSN: 00218456     EISSN: 1475679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-679X.2008.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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