We investigate whether the firm's corporate governance affects the value of equity grants for its CEO. Consistent with the managerial power view, we find that more poorly governed firms grant higher values of stock options and restricted stock to their CEOs after controlling for the economic...

We investigate whether the firm's corporate governance affects the value of equity grants for its CEO. Consistent with the managerial power view, we find that more poorly governed firms grant higher values of stock options and restricted stock to their CEOs after controlling for the economic...

We investigate the causes and consequences of changes in option-based compensation for the top five executives around the issuance of SFAS 123R, which requires firms to expense the fair value of their employee stock options (ESOs) on their income statements. We hypothesize that firms with...

We investigate the determinants and consequences of the changes in option-based compensation for the top five executives around the issuance of SFAS 123R. We find that the reduction in the proportion of total compensation paid in employee stock options (ESOs) increases in (1) the firm's tendency...