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More options, more losses
in Sox First, on October 16, 2007
Loading up CEOs with options leads to riskier performance, according to new research. A study, Swinging for the fences: the effects of CEO stock options on company risk-taking and performance , found that options loaded CEOs were more prone to extreme performance, resulting in big gains but mo...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley stop risk-taking?
in Sox First, on June 22, 2007
It certainly does, according to a new University of Pittsburgh study. The study, Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking , found that many US companies starting hoarding cash instead of developing new products and services. In a comparison of 4239 US corporations with 989 British corporatio...
History Shows Gambling is Good for you
in The Gambling Weblog, on May 29, 2005
... unpredictable forces of chance and a way of helping us deal with the natural existance of everyday risktaking.
The article continues to present the board game as an ancient warrior's recreation ...