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Canadian exceptionalism: shareholder proposals, filer identities, and voting outcomes
Yang, Jun; Wang, Eric Zengxiang; An, Yunbi - In: Managerial Finance 38 (2012) May, pp. 456-484
and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 … focusing on open shareholder activists to investigating passive institutional shareholders. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540351
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Cumulative voting and the conflicts between board and minority shareholders
Zhao, Aiwu; Brehm, Alexander J. - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) May, pp. 465-473
board of directors and minority shareholders. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use voting result of shareholder … proposals as an indicator of the level of conflicts between board and minority shareholders. OLS regression and non … conflicts between board of directors and minority shareholders. Also, the tension between board and minority shareholders is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275428
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Block-holder ownership, family control and post-listing performance of French IPOs
Chahine, Salim - In: Managerial Finance 33 (2007), pp. 388-400
Purpose -While advantageous, the role of family control is under-explored in finance. Family ownership can help guarantee stability of business and long-term planning. The purpose of this study is to examine whether block-holder ownership differentially affects the long-term performance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752658
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Canadian exceptionalism: shareholder proposals, filer identities, and voting outcomes
Yang, Jun; Wang, Eric Zengxiang; An, Yunbi - In: Managerial Finance 38 (2012) May, pp. 456-484
and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 … focusing on open shareholder activists to investigating passive institutional shareholders. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010757779
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Block‐holder ownership, family control and post‐listing performance of French IPOs
Chahine, Salim - In: Managerial Finance 33 (2007) 6, pp. 388-400
Purpose – While advantageous, the role of family control is under‐explored in finance. Family ownership can help guarantee stability of business and long‐term planning. The purpose of this study is to examine whether block‐holder ownership differentially affects the long‐term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014939931
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Cumulative voting and the conflicts between board and minority shareholders
Zhao, Aiwu; Brehm, Alexander J. - In: Managerial Finance 37 (2011) 5, pp. 465-473
board of directors and minority shareholders. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use voting result of shareholder … proposals as an indicator of the level of conflicts between board and minority shareholders. OLS regression and non … conflicts between board of directors and minority shareholders. Also, the tension between board and minority shareholders is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014940171
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Canadian exceptionalism: shareholder proposals, filer identities, and voting outcomes
Yang, Jun; Zengxiang Wang, Eric; An, Yunbi - In: Managerial Finance 38 (2012) 5, pp. 456-484
and their impact on shareholders' wealth during the period from 2001 to 2008. Design/methodology/approach – In total, 762 … focusing on open shareholder activists to investigating passive institutional shareholders.  …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014940235
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Corporate Payouts in Dual Classes
Lei, Adam Y.C. - 2019
This paper provides empirical evidence showing that dual-class firms use dividend payments to mitigate agency problems while using repurchases of superior shares to maintain the private benefits of control. With a sample of dual-class firms from 1994 to 2015 that have both their superior voting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903381
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The structure of equity ownership: a survey of the evidence
Basu, Nilanjan - In: Managerial Finance 40 (2014), pp. 1175-1189
Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to review recent research on the structure of equity ownership and its impact on firm value. In doing so, the paper outlines the main issues, surveys the more recent work, and highlights the most promising developments on this topic....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960139
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Insurance company dividend policy decisions: Evidence on the role of corporate governance and regulation
Jr, Victor A. Puleo; Smith, Frank S.; Casey, K. Michael - In: Managerial Finance 35 (2009) May, pp. 493-500
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between good corporate governance and dividend payment in the regulated insurance industry. Design/methodology/approach – A modification of Rozeff's transaction cost/agency cost trade-off model was estimated on a sample of 55...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009245368