Employee Stock Options and Investment

Journal of Finance

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 981-1009

  Babenko, Ilona ^a   Lemmon, Michael ^b   Tserlukevich, Yuri ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 79956271734     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2011.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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