Managerial Risk-Taking Incentives and Executive Stock Option Repricing: A Study of U.S. Casino Executives
Financial Management, Vol. 34, Spring 2005
Posted: 9 Feb 2005
Abstract
I examine the relation between managerial incentives from holdings of company stock and options and stock option repricing. Because options provide incentives to increase both risk and stock price, firms must realize that as options go underwater, executives might face incentives to invest in risky, negative NPV projects. Repricing may alleviate such incentives. I examine repricing activity by firms in the U.S. gaming industry and find that risk-taking incentives from options are positively related to the incidence of executive option repricing. The results support the hypothesis that repricing assists firms in alleviating excessive risk-taking incentives of senior management.
Keywords: Executive stock options, Repricing, Managerial incentives, Gaming industry
JEL Classification: G13, G34, J33, L83
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