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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Share-Based Compensation and Related Income Tax Benefit | The year over year increase in expense related to performance units and stock options is primarily due to modifications to the terms of awards (see Equity Award Modifications below) and higher expected award payouts.
| First Quarters
(Dollars in millions) | 2017 | 2016
Share-Based Compensation Expense |  |
Performance Units | $ | 20 |  | $ | 1 |
Stock Options | 12 |  | 2 |
Restricted Stock Units and Awards | 4 |  | 3 |
Stock Awards for Directors | 2 |  | 2 |
Total Share-Based Compensation Expense | $ | 38 |  | $ | 8 |
Income Tax Benefit | 13 |  | 3 |
Summary of Fair Value Assumptions for Stock Option Awards | The fair value of all stock option awards during the quarter, including those granted along with 2017-2019 LTIP and the CEO stock option award, was estimated at the grant date with the following weighted average assumptions:
| First Quarters
| 2017 | 2016
Weighted-average grant date fair value | $ | 12.83 |  | $ | 4.68 |
Stock options valuation assumptions: |  |
Annual dividend yield | 1.5 | % | 3.0 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 2.2 | % | 1.4 | %
Annualized volatility | 27.1 | % | 27.3 | %
Expected life (in years) | 6.3 |  | 6.5 |
Other pricing model inputs: |  |
Weighted-average grant-date market price of CSX stock (strike price) | $ | 49.61 |  | $ | 24.13 |

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