Taxes and the backdating of stock option exercise dates

Journal of Accounting and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 27-49

  Dhaliwal, Dan ^a   Erickson, Merle ^b   Heitzman, Shane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Backdating; Insider trading; Regulation; Stock option compensation; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749102034     PISSN: 01654101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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