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We derive and develop a simple and intuitive model that shines fresh light on the relentless debate over whether corporate ownership converges to the Berle-Means modern corporation with high stock ownership dispersion. Our model takes into account the importance of both protective legal...
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We define annual shareholder meetings as contentious if one or more ballot items are likely to obtain sufficient shareholder votes to induce a firm to implement governance changes. Using a sample of almost 28,000 meetings between 2003 and 2012, we find that abnormal stock returns over the 40-day...
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Germany is the largest economy in Europe and yet there has been very little research in the area of shareholder activism. Main objective of this research paper is to discuss shareholder activism for DAX 30 companies. We provide the most recent empirical evidence that formal activism in Germany...
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and the value of cash to shareholders. Exploiting decimalization as an exogenous shock to stock liquidity to identify the … cash holdings and a positive effect on the value of cash to shareholders. Further analysis indicates that exit threat …
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conditional model the results indicate that after controlling for the self-selection bias effect, shareholders of bidder firms …
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Shareholder activism constitutes an increasingly prominent feature of corporate governance landscape. There is a controversy in prior research over whether and how much value activism creates. We examine whether estimates of the impact of shareholder activism are published selectively in prior...
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shareholders may not be socially optimal in banks. -- Banks ; risk taking ; corporate governance ; ownership structure ; financial …
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In this study, we examine international differences in firms' cost of equity capital around the world. Specifically, we … and how the presence of controlling shareholders affects the relationship between labor protection institutions and the … presence of controlling shareholders, especially in the case of a family controlling owner. The economic magnitude of such …
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of private benefits of control on minority shareholders … theoretical model shows that, while private benefits are generally harmful to minority shareholders, the overall effect depends on …
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