Option awards for Australian CEOs: The who, what and why

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 12, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 25-35

  Coulton, Jeff ^a   Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 77956248593     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2002.tb00192.x     Document Type: Letter

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