-termism in the financial markets, prominent commentators have advocated bolstering the voting rights of long-term shareholders or … preparing a proposal to give 'loyal' shareholders extra voting influence.This commentary discusses the case for departing from …

Vital in preserving managerial accountability, the firmly established one share, one vote rule provides shareholders …

Using the entire universe of Bankscope and Amadeus Top 250,000 we construct the portfolios of shareholders who hold … about 62% of banks' ultimate largest shareholders are diversified investors, holding on average equity investments from … time a specific channel through which financial development, in the form of bank shareholders' diversification, affects the …

This paper investigates the effects of shareholder protection law on corporate R&D investment. I find that the … rights significantly increase R&D investment for firms that may underinvest, but reduce R&D for firms that may overinvest … an overall more efficient capital allocation to productive R&D investment …

, an insight into how the ownership structure of a bank affects investment decisions, performance and ultimately insolvency …

has a positive and significant effect on their investment levels. Our results are consistent with the theory that …

This paper investigates the link between corporate debt and investment for a group of five peripheral euro area … countries. Using firm-level data from 2005-2014, we postulate a non-linear corporate leverage-investment relationship and derive … thresholds beyond which leverage has a negative and significant impact on investment. The investment sensitivity of debt …

has a positive and significant effect on their investment levels. Our results are consistent with the theory that …

connected. From the shareholder’s perspective, we identify some large portfolios with high correlation of investment behaviour …