- Erik Lie
Erik Lie is a Norwegian finance professor at the
University of Iowa who published a report aboutoptions backdating that led to many investigations by the SEC into the potentially illegal practice. He was the subject of profile in "Business Week " for his contribution to uncoveringoptions backdating scandal s. [cite web
url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_03/b4017075.htm
title=He's Making Hay As CEOs Squirm
work=Business Week
date=January 15 ,2007
quote=He's Making Hay As CEOs Squirm: Erik Lie uncovered widespread backdating of stock options. Now he's reaping rewards.]In 1991–92 he served in the
Royal Norwegian Navy and Norwegian Coast Guard.In 2007, he was listed as one of the
Time 100 , with the article on his contributions being written by New York Governor and formerNew York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer . [cite web|last=Spitzer |first=Eliot |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The TIME 100 Erik Lie |work= |publisher=Time Magazine |date=2007 |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615737_1615726,00.html |format= |doi= |accessdate=2007-07-28 |quote = ]
= Selected publications =
* cite journal|author=Erik Lie
title=On the timing of CEO stock option awards
journal=Management Science |volume=51 |date=May 2005 |pages=802–812
doi=10.1287/mnsc.1050.0365
* cite journal
title=Does backdating explain the stock price pattern around executive stock option grants?
author=Erik Lie, with Randall A. Heron
journal=Journal of Financial Economics |volume=83 |date=February 2007 |pages=271–295
doi=10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.12.003
* cite journal|title=On the use (and abuse) of stock option grants
author=Erik Lie, with Randall A. Heron and Tod Perry
journal=Financial Analysts JournalReferences
External links
*cite web|url=http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/faculty/elie/
title=Erik Lie's web site at the University of Iowa
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