This article studies the most important legislative and shareholder boycott to date, the boycott of South Africa's apartheid regime. We find that corporate involvement with South Africa was so small that the announcement of legislative/shareholder pressure or voluntary corporate divestment from...

Using a sample of private loans issued to U.S. firms between 1994 and 2006, we examine whether lenders take into account the relationship of the borrower-supplier with its major customers when determining loan yields, dividend restriction covenant and the overall number of financial covenants at...