A paper tiger? An empirical analysis of majority voting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.01.002
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Keywords
Election of directors; Majority voting; Shareholder proposals;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- G18 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Government Policy and Regulation
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