Stock option grants to target CEOs during private merger negotiations

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-430

  Fich, Eliezer M ^a   Cai, Jie ^a   Tran, Anh L ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Merger negotiations; Stock options; Takeover premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957938786     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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