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We consider the allocation of corporate control in a company with two large and a continuum of small shareholders …. Control is determined in a shareholders' meeting, where the large shareholders submit competing proposals in order to attract … the vote of small shareholders. The presence of multiple shareholders reduces private benefits through competition for …
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I investigate whether implementation of the mandatory bid rule – the rule that grants all shareholders the right to … participate in a takeover transaction at equal terms – affects target announcement returns. I use a difference …
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about how free markets can work to the benefit of all. Shareholders, not politicians, should decide how to run their … preferable to a more protectionist approach, where change is resisted, competitive pressures are weakened, and shareholders …
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This paper studies the link between the agency costs of equity and the agency costs of debt. Using a unique sample of the ownership structure of single and dual class firms as well as hand-collected data on loan contracts, we find that the agency cost of debt – proxied by various loan...
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This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of blockholders (large shareholders) in …
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In theory, large institutional investors are in an excellent position to overcome collective action problems and form voting coalitions to actively monitor and discipline managers of public corporations. This article argues that it is highly unlikely that voting coalitions of institutional...
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of associations have no major impact on shareholders' engagements. Corporate performance and other governance mechanisms … debate of shareholder empowerment. The agenda and hence the role of shareholders should be restructured. The AGM should be …
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. To order the financial state of affairs after the merger, the current shareholders must revalue their stake in the merged … firm foundation. We assign a certain marginal quota to the shareholders representing the minimum share in the merged …
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information among dispersed shareholders. We identify the two basic means to achieve this goal. First, the outsider must …
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This paper investigates interactions between two central corporate governance mechanisms: shareholder rights and managerial ownership. I find that the effect of managerial ownership on firm value crucially depends on shareholder rights. Managerial ownership enhances firm value when shareholder...
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