Do Stock Options Overcome Managerial Risk Aversion? Evidence from Exercises of Executive Stock Options
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We report that the probability that executives exercise options early decreases with the volatility of the underlying stock return. We interpret this to mean that executives’ subjective option value increases with volatility and that option grants increase executives’ risk appetite. Further decomposition reveals that the results are most pronounced for idiosyncratic volatility, consistent with our conjecture that executives believe they can better predict or influence the resolution of idiosyncratic uncertainty than systematic uncertainty, and, thus, favor the former. We thank the Editor (Wei Jiang), the Associate Editor, two anonymous referees, and seminar participants at BI Norwegian Business School, Cal State Fullerton, City University of Hong Kong, Florida State University, University of Nebraska, Northeastern University, and University of Oregon for helpful comments. Do stock options overcome managerial risk aversion? Evidence from exercises of executive stock options (ESOs)
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Management Science
دوره 63 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017