One of the most remarkable recent developments with regard to shareholder power is how American shareholders have used shareholder proposals to massively force boards of directors to amend charters to strengthen shareholder rights. In contrast, shareholder proposals have (so far) been relatively...

Analysis of minority shareholdings on the basis of all relevant EU Competition Law branches (101 TFEU, 102 TFEU, EUMR) and comparative review of the latter with partial share acquisitions treatment under the U.S. antitrust rules. This paper delivers an opportune presentation of the relation...

We provide an in-depth comparison of US and UK shareholder proposal rules and relate the differences in rules to differences in proposing activities and performance, using comprehensive shareholder proposal data from both countries for 2000 through 2006. UK proposal rules are more onerous on...

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...