Tying Executive Compensation to Stock Prices May Create Incentives For

question 178

Multiple Choice

Tying executive compensation to stock prices may create incentives for:

• A) CEOs to work harder and increase the profitability of the firm.
• B) CEOs to overstate the firm's financial status.
• C) Enron-type scandals.
• D) All of these possibilities are correct.

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