This paper deals with the introduction of stock options in an (dy-namically) incomplete securities market.

The introduction of the accounting standards SFAS 123R and IFRS 2 forexecutive stock options has led to an important change. As companies arenow forced to value their stock options at grant date for accounting purposes,the robustness of prices against the choice of certain valuation models...

Die von Investmentgesellschaften durch den Verkauf von Produkten mit integrierterfinanzwirtschaftlicher Garantie eingegangenen Verpflichtungen sollten im Sinne eines„true and fair view“ bilanziell adäquat erfasst werden. Wir ermitteln anhandzweier aktueller Investmentprodukte den Fair Value...

This paper determines the cost of employee stock options (ESOs) to shareholders. I present a pricing method that seeks to replicate the empirics of exercise and cancellation as good as possible. In a first step, an intensity-based pricing model of El Karoui and Martellini is adapted to the needs...

This paper investigates whether firms employing IAS or US GAAP exhibit measurable differences in proxies for information asymmetry and market liquidity. Sample firms are drawn from the "New Market" at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. All firms listed in this market segment are required to provide...

In der Literatur zur Abschlußprüfung ist ein negativer Effekt eines ökonomischen Vorteils aus der wiederholten Mandatsannahme, der aufgrund von Transaktionskosten entsteht, auf die Unabhängigkeit des Abschlußprüfers diskutiert worden. Anders als die bisher vorgestellten Ansätze wird im...

During the last years issues of strategic management accounting have received widespread attention in the accounting literature. Yet the conceptual foundation of most proposals is not clear. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of one of the most prominent approaches of strategic...

This paper addresses the question, what metrics should be used for performance evaluationand in particular how they should be weighted and combined in the presence oftechnological interdependencies when the agents exhibit variedly strong developed rivalry.1 It is further examined, whether the...

Incentives often fail in inducing economic agents to engage in a desirableactivity; implementability is restricted. What restricts implementability?When does re-organization help to overcome this restriction?This paper shows that any restriction of implementabilityis caused by an identification...

We interpret cost stickiness, i.e., the manager’s decision to bear the costs of unutilized resources whensales decline, as a risky project and examine its impact on conditional conservatism. We find that coststickiness increases the asymmetric timeliness of earnings by weakening the timeliness...