How do managers behave in stock option planS? Clinical evidence from exercise and survey data

Journal of Financial Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-155

  Sautner, Zacharias ^a   Weber, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 67949104737     PISSN: 02702592     EISSN: 14756803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6803.2009.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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