, but allowing shareholders to vote on more issues, such as executive compensation, may not affect the quality of governance … large shareholders and management. This is because majority rule offers little incentive for small shareholders to vote. I … majority of voters. Therefore, for issues on which management and small shareholders are likely to agree, majority rule is a …

requires the shareholder voting rule to be immune to certain manipulative techniques used by shareholders to hide their …

, and that attending shareholders vote for 1.7 times the shares they own. Turnout is higher when the largest shareholder is … shareholders consider the general meeting a more important monitoring device the more serious the potential conflicts of interest …

We challenge the common law rule that shareholders can generally vote as they please, even if their intent or the … property rights and shareholders can bind themselves to vote as they please – are unpersuasive. We then argue that (1) the … general meeting is the company’s agent; (2) shareholders are generally not personally liable for the consequences of the …

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 …

This is the first comprehensive study of the distribution of voting rights to shareholders. Only those owning stock on …