Neighborhood matters: The impact of location on broad based stock option plans

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-127

  Kedia, Simi ^a   Rajgopal, Shiva ^b  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee compensation; Geography; Location; Retention; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749099568     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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