States, and Australia. Comapred to the U.K. and Australia, the U.S. follwos a no-holds-barred apporach toward tender offers …' shareholding as a means of ensuring equal treatment and equal opportunity amongst targe shareholders. The U.K. approach is by far … the superior, as it ensures equal treatment of all target shareholders and eliminates the need for counterproductive …

article analyzes key arguments in the shareholder empowerment debate, and current US reform proposals to grant shareholders … – in some parts of the common law world. The article shows that US shareholders have traditionally had unusually restricted … rights compared to their counterparts in common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom and Australia. It challenges a …

firm-years and over 172,000 shareholders, we find that the largest providers of capital were rentiers, men with no formal …