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Shareholder Illiquidity and Firm Behavior: Financial and Real Effects of the Personal Wealth Tax in Private Firms
The interaction between household finance and corporate finance may be particularly strong in private firms.
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How Much Should We Trust Empirical Estimates of State Corporate Law Effects?
A large empirical literature studies the effects of U.S.
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Deadlock on the Board
The board of directors is the highest decision-making authority in a corporation. But sometimes boards struggle to make decisions.
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Singapore’s Puzzling Embrace of Shareholder Stewardship: A Successful Secret
The UK’s adoption of a stewardship code sparked a global shareholder stewardship movement.
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Event Report: Global Shareholder Stewardship Conference
The worldwide expansion of institutional investors’ share of public equity has given a new impetus to the discussion of the corporate gov
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Event Report: Strategies for Responsible Investing
The Centre for Endowment Asset Management (CEAM) at University of Cambridge organised and hosted the "Divest or Engage?
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Diversity of Shareholder Stewardship in Asia: Faux Convergence
In 2010, when the United Kingdom enacted the world’s first stewardship code (UK Code), the impetus behind it was clear.
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Growing Up Under Mao and Deng: On the Ideological Determinants of Corporate Policies
Throughout history, economic activities have been fundamentally shaped by ideology.