Underpricing and CEO stock options: Do board characteristics matter?

Chahine, Salim and Goergen, Marc ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-2651 2009. Underpricing and CEO stock options: Do board characteristics matter? [Working Paper]. Cardiff Working Papers in Accounting and Finance, Cardiff: Cardiff University.

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Abstract

This paper examines the conditions under which CEOs are able to affect the timing and the price of the stock options they are granted at the time of their firm’s IPO. Contrary to Lowry and Murphy (2007) who do not find a relationship between IPO grants and IPO underpricing, this paper finds such a relationship when board independence, the power of the CEO and venturecapital(VC) back ing are taken into account. The results suggest that powerful CEOs and VCs are able to reap substantial gains from IPO options to the detriment of the shareholders.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Publisher:	Cardiff University
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 10:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/77698

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