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Applied Economics Partners provides attorneys, corporations, industry
associations, and government agencies with sophisticated economic analysis,
expert testimony, and strategic management consulting. The members of
our firm have extensive experience in analyzing complex economic and legal
issues to provide our clients with the best in economic consulting services.
We offer particular expertise and innovative techniques in the estimation
of damages. Our insightful analyses and state-of-the-art approaches to
economic issues have earned us a reputation for excellence.
AEP News:
AEP and Stanford Professor Steven Grenadier to Work On Stock Options Backdating Cases
September 15, 2006
Applied Economics Partners has teamed with Stanford Professor Steven Grenadier to work on cases involving stock options backdating. In this practice, the firm decides to give stock options to an employee on one date, but the specified grant date is chosen with hindsight so as to minimize the exercise price. In a similar practice known as spring-loading, a firm chooses the option grant date in advance of the disclosure of information that will increase the stock price. Both practices may be improper. Professor Grenadier has consulted with firms concerning backdating and has testified on numerous occasions about the value of employee stock options. He has written extensively about options and teaches options theory at the School of Business, Stanford University.
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