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We show that firms that employ the majority voting method for director election exhibit higher institutional ownership than firms that employ the plurality voting method, especially after the 2010 amendment to NYSE Rule 452. Firms that adopt majority voting in a bylaw or charter exhibit...
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After a crisis, broad and sweeping reforms are enacted to restore trust. Following the 2007-2008 Great Financial Crisis, the European Union has engaged in an ambitious overhaul of banking regulation. One of its centerpieces, the 2013 Fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), tackles,...
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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 …
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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 …
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This is the first comprehensive study of the distribution of voting rights to shareholders. Only those owning stock on …
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