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Options backdating: a Canadian perspective

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  • Compton, Ryan
  • Sandler, Daniel
  • Tedds, Lindsay M.

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This paper provides an overview of (1) the basics of employee stock option backdating; (2) why firms and individuals may engage in backdating; (3) the difficulties in examining option backdating in Canada as well as a Canadian case study of option backdating; (4) implications of backdating; and (5) suggestions for curbing the potential to backdate in Canada.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 39787.

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Date of creation: Feb 2010
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Publication status: Published in Canadian Business Law Journal 3.47(2010): pp. 329-362
Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:39787

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Keywords: Backdating; Executive stock options; Compensation;

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  1. Compton, Ryan & Sandler, Daniel & NIcholls, Christopher & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2011. "Insider reporting obligations and options backdating," MPRA Paper 39791, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Compton, Ryan & Sandler, Daniel & Tedds, Lindsay M., 2010. "Backdating, tax evasion, and the unintended consequences of Canadian tax reform," MPRA Paper 39788, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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