A GLOBAL ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES FROM THE EDITORS OF THE ECGI WORKING PAPER SERIES

Trading and Shareholder Democracy

Date

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Location

Online Spotlight Series

The third seminar in the ECGI Spotlight Series took place on 16 November 2020 at 16:00 CET (10:00 EST).

You can download the working paper here.

ABOUT THIS EVENT

The authors study shareholder voting in a model in which trading affects the composition of the shareholder base. Trading and voting are complementary, which gives rise to self-fulfilling expectations about proposal acceptance and multiple equilibria. Prices and shareholder welfare can move in opposite directions, so the former may be an invalid proxy for the latter. Increasing liquidity can reduce welfare, because it allows extreme shareholders to gain more weight in voting. Delegating decision-making to the board can improve shareholder value. However, the optimal board is biased, does not represent current shareholders, and may not garner support from the majority of shareholders.

 

The ECGI Spotlight Series is a global online seminar programme highlighting chosen papers from the ECGI Working Paper Series.

Spotlight Team:
Mike Burkart (Editor) | Miriam Schwartz-Ziv | Amir Licht (Editor) | Tom Vos
Contact: Spotlight@ecgi.org

 

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Programme

Monday, 16 November 2020 | 16:00 CET (10:00 EST)
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Concluding remarks

Speakers

Nadya Malenko

Professor of Finance and Wargo Family Faculty Fellow
Boston College
Research Member

Amil Dasgupta

Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Markets Group
London School of Economics
Research Member

Contact

Elaine McPartlan
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
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