This paper provides evidence on the incidence, characteristics, and performance of activist engagements across countries. We find that the incidence of activism is greatest with high institutional ownership, particularly for U.S. institutions. We use a sample of 1,740 activist engagements across...

Empirical evidence indicates that environmental social and governance (ESG) practices are associated with firm financial performance, but little is covered about investors’ attention towards stock performance. In this paper, we conduct a test of the relationship between ESG performance...