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Review of Financial Studies Vol. 21 No. 2 2008

Analytic Pricing of Employee Stock Options

Jakša Cvitanić; Zvi Wiener; Fernando Zapatero

Abstract

[We introduce a model that captures the main properties that characterize employee stock options (ESO). We discuss the likelihood of early voluntary ESO exercise, and the obligation to exercise immediately if the employee leaves the firm, except if this happens before options are vested, in which case the options are forfeited. We derive an analytic formula for the price of the ESO and in a case study compare it to alternative methods.]

Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
683-724
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib

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