Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: CEO Stock Options and Bank Performance during the Financial Crisis

In the wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis a significant amount of attention has been focused on the compensation practices of the financial sector. Due to their asymmetric payoff it has been argued that stock options created incentives for bank CEOs to pursue excessively risky strategies that resulte...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tjong, Peter
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/23928/