We propose a novel way to give mutual funds' investors a voice, an alternative to the pass-through voting large mutual funds companies are starting to implement. Based on the experience of citizen assemblies in the political sphere, we propose allocating the power to decide how to cast mutual...

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Potenzial Investoren-seitiger Dialogstrategien für den Klimaschutz und die nachhaltige Transformation. Hierfür werden Herausforderungen wie Zielkonflikte, nicht intendierte Wirkungen und Grenzen eines möglichen Wirkungspotenzials analysiert sowie Hürden...

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Potenzial Investoren-seitiger Dialogstrategien für den Klimaschutz und die nachhaltige Transformation. Hierfür werden Herausforderungen wie Zielkonflikte, nicht intendierte Wirkungen und Grenzen eines möglichen Wirkungspotenzials analysiert sowie Hürden...

Der Siegeszug von Indexfonds stellt eine Herausforderung für die Corporate Governance von Publikumsgesellschaften dar. Auf Basis umfangreicher eigener Datenauswertungen dokumentiert die Arbeit zunächst den Bedeutungsgewinn passiver Vermögensverwalter in den Beteiligungsstrukturen....

We study when firms choose to install boards and their roles in a historical setting where neither boards nor their duties are mandated by law. Boards arise in firms with large, heterogenous shareholder bases. We propose that an important role of boards is to mediate between heterogenous...

The default rules of corporate law make shareholders’ control rights a function of their voting power. Whether a director is elected or a merger is approved depends on how shareholders vote. Yet, in private corporations, shareholders routinely alter their rights by contract. This phenomenon of...

Shareholder litigation has long played a central but highly controversial role in American corporate governance. In 2014, the Delaware Supreme Court took a step that had the potential to reduce the amount of such litigation dramatically. In its landmark ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund...

‘Shareholder rights' are the legal entitlements of shareholders via-a-vis companies in which they invest. A large body of research has sought to investigate how shareholder rights foster accountability of controllers. The concern has been that without accountability, managers and dominant...

Firms in the same networks tend to have similar corporate governance practices. However, it is difficult to disentangle peer effects, where governance practices propagate from one firm to another, from selection effects, where firms with similar governance preferences self-select into linked...

This paper examines Citizens United in light of Delaware Corporate Governance Law. One aspect of that case, and the campaign finance cases generally, is the association rights of shareholders. That is, the ability of shareholders to prevent corporate funds (that they are the owners of) to...

Firms in the same networks tend to have similar corporate governance practices. However, it is difficult to disentangle peer effects, where governance practices propagate from one firm to another, from selection effects, where firms with similar governance preferences self-select into linked...

All over the world, companies play an important role in the economy. Different types of stakeholders hold the reins in these companies. An important class are the shareholders that finance the activities of these companies. In return, stakeholders have a say on how these companies should be...

Firms in the same networks tend to have similar corporate governance practices. However, it is difficult to disentangle peer effects, where governance practices propagate from one firm to another, from selection effects, where firms with similar governance preferences self-select into linked...

One of the measures foreseen in the Shareholder Rights Directive for enhancement of the rights of shareholders is the regulation of draft resolutions. The article addresses the central question of whether the extent of the implementation of the requirements regulating draft resolutions and their...

Purpose A company that is registered with share capital may issue different classes of shares and may confer rights on members, which place them in different classes in the company’s organisational structure. This paper is concerned with the propensity for encroachment on such vested class...

Firms in the same networks tend to have similar corporate governance practices. However, it is difficult to distinguish between peer effects, where governance practices propagate from one firm to another, and selection effects, where firms with similar governance preferences self-select into...

This study analyses daily and intra-day abnormal returns associated with rights issue announcements in the Australian equity market over the period 2000 to 2013. We find significant abnormal returns of -2.59% and -2.50% on the announcement day under the 0/1 market model and a matched control...

This article examines the effect of multiple large shareholders (MLS) on debt choice. Using a sample of 654 French listed firms over the period 1998-2013, we find that reliance on bank debt increases with the presence and voting power of MLS. This result is robust to endogeneity concerns and to...

In recent years the problem of the determination of causality has become an increasingly important question in the field of corporate governance. This paper reviews contemporary literature on the topic and finds that the current approach is to attempt to determine causality empirically and that...

This paper supports the objective of the proposed revision of the Shareholder Rights Directive (Directive 2007/36/EC), that is, to contribute to the long-term sustainability of EU companies. However, it expresses concern that the measures being considered will not achieve their intended purpose,...