have low leverage. The sponsors also observe the identity of the voting shareholders, because proposal probability …

stock price effects, and both the market and the voting shareholders respond as much to the target firm's governance quality …

in annual reports. We find that shareholders use inferences from facial appearance in corporate elections, as a better … first appointment elections as in the latter cases, shareholders may not as yet be familiar with a director's looks. In … firms with few institutional shareholders and more retail investors owning small equity stakes, the latter tend to rely more …

in annual reports. We find that shareholders use inferences from facial appearance in corporate elections, as a better … first appointment elections as in the latter cases, shareholders may not as yet be familiar with a director's looks. In … firms with few institutional shareholders and more retail investors owning small equity stakes, the latter tend to rely more …

their voting power to entrench their positions and they can impede monitoring actions taken by other shareholders to … shareholders is required to reach an absolute majority of voting rights. Even though the average firm has a dispersed ownership … example, has an important impact on the ownership structure. In about 4% of sample companies, corporate shareholders hold just …

mitigating agency problems between managers and shareholders.We find that both the CEO's industry-adjusted monetary compensation … monitoring and CEOs with strong voting power successfully resisting replacement irrespective of corporate performance.This case … performance-related incentive remuneration scheme.When insiders have strong voting power, the CEOs remuneration is lower except …