Abstract
The article focuses on executive stock options as a form of executive overcompensation in the U.S. Topics include an overview of executive incentive compensation, the shift from a cash-based bonus system to a stock-based incentive system, and if the award of stock options promotes risky and manipulative practices.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 533-566 |
| Number of pages | 34 |
| Journal | Journal of Corporation Law |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1 Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Corporate directors' salaries
- Employee bonuses
- Employee stock options
- Executive compensation laws
- Labor incentives
- Risk management in business
- Stock options
- United States