Meet the Professor Who Blew the Whistle on Stock Options Backdating
Oh My Fraud · Caleb Newquist
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Over the course of Erik Lie’s career, seemingly small decisions have transformed into defining moments. Everything from leaving his native Norway to study at the University of Oregon, to a squash partner’s nudge that he pursue a career as a finance professor. But it was his choice of a research topic—executive compensation—that led to the most significant moment of all: uncovering one of the most explosive corporate scandals of the 21st century.
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Sources:
- On the Timing of CEO Stock Option Awards [Management Science]
- Does backdating explain the stock price pattern around executive stock option grants? [Journal of Financial Economics]
- He's Making Hay As CEOs Squirm [BusinessWeek via Wayback Machine]
- Erik Lie [Time 100 via Wayback Machine]
- Backdating Scandal Ends With a Whimper [NYT]
- Erik Lie [Iowa Tippie College of Business]
- Catching Cheats | Everyday Forensics to Unmask Business Fraud [Berret-Koehler]
- Meet the Fraud Professor: Daniel J. Taylor of The Wharton School [OMF]