shareholders' discontent. In order to distinguish these hypotheses, we collect data on the implementation of shareholder proposals …

We investigate whether and how major shareholders influence M&A wealth effects for listed acquirers in Europe. To that … strong connections of family owners with management in family-controlled firms. Next, large institutional shareholders all … overconfidence. As to the division of M&A gains, we find that regardless of their identity, large acquirer shareholders tend to put …