Contested Proxy Votes

Contested Proxy Votes is a corporate governance mechanism in shareholder voting wherein opposing parties propose competing management or shareholder resolutions, thereby requiring institutional investors to exercise discretion in approving or rejecting alternative directorial candidates or strategic decisions under contested electoral or policy conditions.

Publications

907

Citations

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Institutional Investor Voting

Publications

What I Like About You: A Multilevel Study of Shareholder Discontent with Director Monitoring

Amy J. Hillman, Christine Shropshire, S. Trevis Certo et al. · Organization Science · 2010 · 172 citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Agency Theory +16

Through the mud or in the boardroom: Examining activist types and their strategies in targeting firms for social change

Charles E. Eesley, Katherine A. DeCelles, Michael Lenox · Strategic Management Journal · 2015 · 111 citations

Social Sciences, Organization Studies, Corporate Accountability +11

Picking Friends Before Picking (Proxy) Fights: How Mutual Fund Voting Shapes Proxy Contests

Alon Brav, Wei Jiang, Tao Li · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2018 · 77 citations · Full text

Management, Corporate Governance, Finance +17

The Influence of Institutions on Corporate Governance Through Private Negotiations: Evidence from Tiaa-Cref

Willard T. Carleton, James M. Nelson, Michael S. Weisbach · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1997 · 71 citations · Full text

Management, Corporate Governance, Finance +13

Corporate Governance Objectives of Labor Union Shareholders: Evidence from Proxy Voting

Ashwini K. Agrawal · Review of Financial Studies · 2011 · 64 citations · Full text

Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance +16

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Authors

AB
Alon Brav
Duke University, United States
3 publications · 163 citations
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WJ
Wei Jiang
Emory University, United States
3 publications · 163 citations
3
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MA
Mark A. Chen
Georgia State University, United States
2 publications · 43 citations
2
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TR
Timothy R. Burch
University of Miami, United States
2 publications · 53 citations
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CS
Chester S. Spatt
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
2 publications · 43 citations
2
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Institutions

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 9 publications · 382 citations
9
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Review of Financial Studies
2 publications · 118 citations
2
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Accounting Business & Financial History
ABFH · 1 publications · 19 citations
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Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
JFQA · 1 publications · 17 citations
1
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Organization Science
1 publications · 172 citations
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