There are several measures of equity compensation that may provide shareholders with distinct and useful information … for evaluating CEO pay. We examine whether shareholders consider additional disclosures of equity compensation measures … outcomes remain significantly related to abnormal equity compensation expense. Consistent with shareholders considering the …

influence of individual shareholders' tax incentives on capital structure. We find that the largest shareholder's tax incentive … incrementally relevant for leverage. However, tax incentive heterogeneity between shareholders reduces the positive influence of the …

We show that in countries with more societal trust shareholders cast fewer votes at shareholder meetings and are more …

(election of directors and votes on fundamental changes), federal law grants shareholders additional voting rights. But these …'s shareholders. It finds firms alter the structure of their acquisitions to avoid shareholder voting. On its own, this finding could … shareholders' expense. Yet this Article finds no difference in returns to acquisitions that require a shareholder vote and those …

breaks out, shareholders wield immense influence. These contests tend to have significant benefits for the corporation … uncontested director elections, shareholders' decisions to vote for or withhold their vote reflect the company's performance. The … suggests that shareholders seriously scrutinize management proposals, instead of blindly following management. ISS and …

only the target firm's shareholders can exercise voting rights under corporate law. The lack of voting rights for … shareholders of the acquiring (or bidder) firm is potentially problematic given anecdotal and empirical evidence that a large … percentage of public company acquisitions involve negative returns for bidder shareholders. Recent research shows that compulsory …

reform based on this critique of shareholders' rational ignorance. The challenges of rational ignorance, as well as related … corporate policy in voting on shareholder matters. However, most shareholders are typically passive investors with incomplete … shareholder voting can be about not only the quantum of power that shareholders ought to hold vis-à-vis the board, but also about …

records over the period 2015-2017. Contrary to public perception, wefind that retail shareholders are an influential voting … their portfolio. Retail shareholders with large stock portfoliosand low opportunity costs are most likely to turn out. In … recommendations thanthat of large mutual funds. Retail shareholders can be divided into two blocs. The first are highlyinfluential …