Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
Copenhagen Business School, Department of Finance
No 2003-2: The Value and Incentives of Option-based Compensation in Danish Listed Companies
Ken L. Bechmann () and Peter Løchte Jørgensen ()
Additional contact information
Ken L. Bechmann: Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Postal: Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Solbjerg Plads 3, A5, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Peter Løchte Jørgensen: Department of Management, Postal: University of Aarhus, University Park 322, DK-2000 Frederiksberg DK-8000 Århus C
Abstract: Over the last decade the Danish corporate environment has experienced a significant increase in the use of option-based compensation (OBC). This and many other facts are documented in the present paper which provides the first insights into the characteristics of the option and warrant contracts issued by the complete sample of Danish companies listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. A newly constructed database containing all publicly available information on details of Danish OBC contracts allows us to present, for example, results regarding contract values at an aggregated as well as at firm, personnel group, and individual level. The paper also contains a section which discusses and presents evidence on the incentive effects provided by the option-based compensation contracts adopted by Danish listed companies.
Keywords: Option-based compensation; executive pay; disclosure requirements; valuation; incentives
30 pages, September 1, 2003
Full text files
7150
Questions (including download problems) about the papers in this series should be directed to Lars Nondal ()
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ().
RePEc:hhs:cbsfin:2003_002This page generated on 2024-09-13 22:14:14.