Using a sample of voting turnouts of annual general meetings of European companies, we document that shareholder voting turnouts are significantly different according to the ownership structure of the company. Different types of shareholder classes show different voting engagements according to...

In a more democratised equity ownership model, ought vote selling be outlawed on ‘public policy' grounds or would such a ban limit legitimate transactions. The paper suggests that there is no need to change the Australian legislative environment to accomodate some limited examples of aberrant...