Using a simple three-period model in which a manager can gather information before making an investment decision, this paper studies incentive effects of various executive stock options. In particular, we show how the exercise price of executive stock options is related to base salary, the size...

For a simple, standard sequential search model, the Nash-Stackelberg-Hybrid Equilibrium is shown to be non-robust when the assumption that all firms are constrained to operate the outlet is dropped. Firms open additional outlets to increase market power.