Accounting rules? Stock buybacks and stock options: Additional evidence

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Griffin, Paul A ^a   Zhu, Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Corporate governance; Management compensation; Managerial opportunism; Market reaction; Stock buybacks; Stock options; Unclear accounting rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957817678     PISSN: 18155669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcae.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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