The two sides of CEO option grants at the IPO

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1116-1131

  Chahine, Salim ^a   Goergen, Marc ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board independence; CEO power; Conflicts of interests; Corporate governance; Initial public offerings; Stock options; Underpricing; Venture capital involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960952110     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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