We address whether mutual funds act effectively through the proxy voting process by supporting wealth increasing items. We examine 212,620 voting decisions made by 1,794 mutual funds from 94 fund families for 1,047 shareholder proposals voted on between July 2003 and June 2005. We find that...

We address whether mutual funds act effectively as monitors through the proxy voting process by supporting wealth increasing items. We examine 213,579 voting decisions made by 1,799 mutual funds from 94 fund families for 1,047 shareholder proposals voted on between July 2003 and June 2005. In...