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Investor-driven "short-termism" is said to harm EU public firms' ability to invest for the long term, prompting calls for the EU to better insulate managers from shareholder pressure. But the evidence offered---rising levels of repurchases and dividends---is incomplete and misleading: it ignores...
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We consider the allocation of corporate control in a company with two large and a continuum of small shareholders …. Control is determined in a shareholders' meeting, where the large shareholders submit competing proposals in order to attract … the vote of small shareholders. The presence of multiple shareholders reduces private benefits through competition for …
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This paper analyzes how announce changes in the corporate control (takeover) of Endesa, Hidrocantábrico and Scottish … MCO models. Also, the results suggest the announcement of the launching of a takeover positively and significantly affects …
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We study the role of institutional investors in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). We find that foreign institutional ownership is positively associated with the intensity of cross-border M&A activity worldwide. Foreign institutional ownership increases the probability that a merger...
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I investigate whether implementation of the mandatory bid rule – the rule that grants all shareholders the right to … participate in a takeover transaction at equal terms – affects target announcement returns. I use a difference …
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Since the takeover of Cadbury Plc in 2010, there has been increased academic attention on investor short-termism during …
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breaks out, shareholders wield immense influence. These contests tend to have significant benefits for the corporation … uncontested director elections, shareholders' decisions to vote for or withhold their vote reflect the company's performance. The … suggests that shareholders seriously scrutinize management proposals, instead of blindly following management. ISS and …
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We examine the economic benefits of acquisitions of U.S. public firms. Estimating revelation biases concerning internal investment opportunities, we find that it produces a significant negative bidder announcement effect, often interpreted as shareholder wealth destruction. Examining exogenously...
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The Nasdaq Stock Market's enforcement activities offer a unique setting for investigating the consequences of changes in corporate governance as evidenced by deficiency notices. We document significant negative abnormal returns in response to Nasdaq deficiency notices for audit committee and...
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