Revisiting the risk-taking effect of executive stock options on firm performance

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-648

  Chen, Yenn Ru ^a   Ma, Yulong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO stock options; Executive compensation; Firm performance; Managerial risk taking; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952441703     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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