A Comparative Analysis of the Legal Obstacles to Institutional Investor Activism in Europe and in the US
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Keywords
Shareholder activism; shareholder voting; proxy voting; acting in concert; securities lending; institutional investors; legal origins; control-enhancing mechanisms; corporate governance; ownership concentration;JEL classification:
- K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law
- G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
- G3 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance
- G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EEC-2008-06-07 (European Economics)
- NEP-LAW-2008-06-07 (Law & Economics)
- NEP-REG-2008-06-07 (Regulation)
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