Proxy Contests

Proxy Contest is a corporate governance mechanism in which dissident shareholders compete to obtain the voting rights of other shareholders through solicitation of proxies in order to influence or change corporate decisions, particularly in the context of mergers or control of the board, thereby distinguishing it from direct voting or private negotiations.

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13.2K

Citations

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Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Proxy Fights

Parents

MergersShareholder Rights

Children

Activist Investor CampaignsCampaign Disclosure RulesCorporate Governance ContestationDissident Nomination StrategyNominating Shareholder RightsShareholder Proposal StrategyTakeover Defense TacticsVote Solicitation RegulationVoting Card Mechanics

Publications

Large Shareholders and Corporate Control

Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 8.6K citations

Management, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +11

Proxy contests and the efficiency of shareholder oversight

John Pound · Journal of Financial Economics · 1988 · 1.1K citations

Law, Business Economics, Corporate Governance +14

Business ties and proxy voting by mutual funds

Gerald F. Davis, Eunhee Kim · Journal of Financial Economics · 2005 · 570 citations

Management, Economics, Finance +15

The costs of shareholder activism: Evidence from a sequential decision model

Nickolay Gantchev · Journal of Financial Economics · 2012 · 311 citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Economics +14

Cash and Corporate Control

Olubunmi Faleye · The Journal of Finance · 2004 · 200 citations

Management, Corporate Governance, Finance +17

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Authors

LA
Lucian A. Bebchuk
National Bureau of Economic Research, United States
4 publications · 175 citations
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VF
Vyacheslav Fos
Boston College, United States
4 publications · 367 citations
4
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DJ
Duane J. Seppi
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
3 publications · 67 citations
3
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AB
Alon Brav
Duke University, United States
3 publications · 163 citations
3
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CS
Chester S. Spatt
Carnegie Mellon University, United States
3 publications · 67 citations
3
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Institutions

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Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 16 publications · 746 citations
15
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Journal of Financial Economics
8 publications · 2.6K citations
8
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Review of Financial Studies
4 publications · 169 citations
4
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eYLS (Yale Law School)
Repository · 2 publications · 59 citations
2
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The Journal of Finance
2 publications · 213 citations
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