Managing pro forma stock option expense under SFAS No. 123

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-45

  Balsam, Steven ^a   Mozes, Haim A ^b   Newman, Harry A ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Earnings management; FASB statements; SFAS 123; Stock options

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744260796     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2003.17.1.31     Document Type: Article

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