Stock options are given in order to:
A. provide incentives for employees to work harder.
B. increase Retained Earnings.
C. increase a corporation's liquidity.
D. provide a corporation with the choice of issuing additional stock.
Answer: A
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If 30 million transactions are made per year at $15 per transaction, what is the total transaction cost?
A) $450 million B) $200 million C) $2 billion D) $4.5 billion E) $900 million
Currently, the FASB's Statements of Accounting Concepts (Nos. 5 and 6) define an asset as having all of the following characteristics except:
a. costs not guided by management's judgment b. probable future benefits c. resulting from past transactions and events d. something that is obtained/controlled by the entity
Which of the following statements about the growth of diversity in the Americas and the United States is accurate?
a. All of the Americas’ transformation from indigenous to nonindigenous population occurred through waves of new immigrants seeking to improve their living conditions. b. Early European national colonies welcomed only their own nationals for settlement. c. The 1800s were marked primarily by growth of native populations with very little immigration. d. The 1800s saw very little increase in the religious diversity.
In a rising stock market, the result of any subsequent sale of a firm's previously issued common shares from one investor to another (such as occurs on public stock exchanges):
a. the total paid-in capital amount reported on a balance sheet will usually be less than the current market value of the common shares. b. the total paid-in capital amount reported on a balance sheet will usually be greater than the current market value of the common shares. c. the total paid-in capital amount reported on a balance sheet will usually be equal to the current market value of the common shares. d. the total paid-in capital amount reported on a balance sheet will be eliminated. e. None of these answer choices is correct.