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Investment treaties and shareholder claims for reflective loss : insights from advanced systems of corporate law
Gaukrodger, David - 2014
investment on the other hand, treat claims for damages by company shareholders differently. Advanced domestic systems generally … bar shareholders from claiming for reflective loss – loss that arises from injury to "their" company (such as a decline in … the value of shares). The claim for the loss belongs to the injured company and not to its shareholders. In contrast …
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The costs and benefits of shareholder democracy
Gantchev, Nickolay; Giannetti, Mariassunta - 2018
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Who cares? : corporate governance in today's equity markets
Isaksson, Mats; Çelik, Serdar - 2013
There are two main sources of confusion in the public corporate governance debate. One is the confusion about the role of public policy intervention. The other is a lack of empirical knowledge about the corporate landscape where rules are supposed to be implemented and the functioning of...
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Does target CEO retention in acquisitions involving private equity acquirers harm target shareholders?
Bargeron, Leonce; Schlingemann, Frederik P.; Zutter, Chad J. - 2012
for target shareholders because of the potential conflict of interest of the CEO, it is also possible that target … shareholders could benefit from CEO retention because it can increase the performance of the acquired firm and, consequently … harms shareholders in acquisitions involving private equity firms. In fact, we show that better performing target CEOs are …
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When heirs become major shareholders : evidence on tunneling and succession through related-party transactions
Kim, U-chʾan; Hwang, Sunwoo - 2014
In family firms, the succession of controlling equity stake to next generation is an issue of paramount importance. This, however, can be a major challenge in the presence of heavy inheritance or gift tax burden (high tax rate and absence of tax-saving vehicles, such as trusts or foundations)...
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Corporate Bonds, Bondholders and Corporate Governance
Çelik, Serdar - 2015
of bond interest rates. Just as shareholders, bondholders can play an important role in corporate governance. They can …
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The untenable case for perpetual dual-class stock
Bebchuk, Lucian A.; Kastiel, Kobi - 2017
sunset after a fixed period of time (such as ten or fifteen years) unless their extension is approved by shareholders …
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Chapter 4. Law and Corporate Governance
Bartlett, Robert; Talley, Eric - 2017
Pragmatic and effective research on corporate governance often turns critically on appreciating the legal institutions surrounding corporate entities—yet such nuances are often unfamiliar or poorly specified to economists and other social scientists without legal training. This chapter...
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Chapter 8. Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence
Edmans, Alex; Holderness, Clifford G. - 2017
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of blockholders (large shareholders) in …
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Common ownership and the (non-)transparency of institutional shareholdings: an EU-US comparison
Steuer, Sebastian - 2022
This paper compares the extent of common ownership in the US and the EU stock markets, with a particular focus on differences in the ap-plicable ownership transparency requirements. Most empirical research on common ownership to date has focused on US issuers, largely relying on ownership data...
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