Analyzing the tax benefits from employee stock options

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1797-1825

  Babenko, Ilona ^a   Tserlukevich, Yuri ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 68249150998     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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