Accounting for tax benefits of employee stock options and implications for research

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Hanlon, Michelle ^a   Shevlin, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77249133048     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2002.16.1.1     Document Type: Article

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