Managerial Ability and the Valuation of Executive Stock Options

The executive compensation literature argues that executives generally value stock options at less than market value because of suboptimal ownership and risk aversion. Implicit in this finding is the assumption that executives are, like shareholders, price takers. That is, they have no ability to in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yang, Tung-Hsiao
Other Authors: Don Chance
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2007
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-03302007-004530/