Do CEOs Exercise Their Stock Options Earlier than Other Executives?
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Keywords
CEO and Executive Compensation; Options; Timing of Exercised Options.; Contributions volontaires; pertes publiques; risque; ambiguïté; données expérimentales;All these keywords.
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- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2002-08-16 (Labour Economics)
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