Stock options and managerial incentives for risk taking: Evidence from FAS 123R

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-190

  Hayes, Rachel M ^a   Lemmon, Michael ^a   Qiu, Mingming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Corporate governance; FAS 123R; Incentives; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861789328     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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