Are stock option grants to directors of state-controlled Chinese firms listed in Hong Kong genuine compensation?

Accounting Review

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1547-1574

  Chen, Zhihong ^a   Guan, Yuyan ^a   Ke, Bin ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Corporate governance; Shareholder value; State controlled firms; Stock option compensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886051018     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-50504     Document Type: Article

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