Thomas A. Knox

Publication List Details

Period

1980 - 2003

Number

5

Co-Authors

Learning How to Invest when Returns are Uncertain. Working paper (2003)

Thomas A. Knox

Most asset returns are uncertain, not merely risky: investors do not know the probabilities of different possible future returns. A large body of evidence suggests that investors are averse to...

Underwater Options and the Dynamics of Executive Pay-to-Performance Sensitivities

BRIAN J. HALL, THOMAS A. KNOX

We empirically analyze the dynamics of executives' pay-to-performance sensitivities. Option pay-to-performance sensitivities become weaker as options fall underwater, often leading to pressures to...

Managing Option Fragility

Brian J. Hall, Thomas A. Knox

We analyze and explore option fragility, the notion that option incentives are fragile due to their non-linear payoff structure. Option incentives become weaker as options fall underwater, leading to...