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The forthright brand of shareholder activism hedge funds deploy emerged by the mid-2000s as a major corporate governance phenomenon. This paper explains the rise of hedge fund activism and offers predictions about future developments. The paper begins by distinguishing the “offensive” form...
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Ownership structure is one of the key determinants constituting internal corporate governance, which is especially crucial in emerging markets. This study explores the effects of insider shareholding, an obvious characteristic of ownership structure, on corporate governance. The empirical...
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This paper analyzes how announce changes in the corporate control (takeover) of Endesa, Hidrocantábrico and Scottish Power affect their stock market returns and the impact that these events have on the stock market returns of competitors of the target firm. Using an “event study”...
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We investigate the valuation effects of German firms targeted by hedge funds and by private equity investors. We argue that both types of investors differ from other blockholders by their strong motivation and ability to actively engage and reduce agency costs. Consequently, we find positive...
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Claims by company shareholders seeking damages from governments for so-called "reflective loss" now make up a … substantial part of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) caseload. (Shareholders' reflective loss is incurred as a result … systems of national corporate law (and other international law). ISDS arbitrators have consistently found that shareholders …
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governance quality. We show that when only earnings are disclosed, shareholders intervene in firms with intermediate performance … are jointly disclosed with earnings, shareholders target intermediately and well-performing firms with a high pay …
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Corporate stewardship holds great promise for the improvement of shareholder engagement and the encouragement of more responsible and long-term oriented value creation. Many countries have now adopted a best practice code for the stewardship role of institutional investors and asset managers,...
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‘Shareholder rights' are the legal entitlements of shareholders via-a-vis companies in which they invest. A large body … that without accountability, managers and dominant shareholders will use their power to further their own interests at the … rights in ways that can be excessive. This can harm not only other constituencies but also shareholders, as it can promote …
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We document that firms whose compensation peers experience weak say on pay votes reduce CEO compensation following those votes. Reductions reflect proxy adviser concerns about peers' compensation contracts and are stronger when CEOs receive excess compensation, when they compete more closely...
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