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Shareholder Litigation

Shareholder Litigation is a category of civil corporate lawsuits in which a shareholder, typically on an individual, class, or derivative basis, seeks judicial redress against a corporation and/or its directors and officers for alleged violations of shareholder rights, fiduciary duties, or related statutory and disclosure obligations.

258

Publications

19.6K

Citations

401

Authors

267

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

71

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Publications

258

The law and economics of self-dealing

Simeon Djankov, Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer · Journal of Financial Economics · 2008 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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Shareholder Litigation and Corporate Disclosures

Jennifer Francis, Donna R. Philbrick, Katherine Schipper · Journal of Accounting Research · 1994 · 1.5K citations

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Disclosure Tone and Shareholder Litigation

Jonathan L. Rogers, Andrew Van Buskirk, Sarah L. C. Zechman · The Accounting Review · 2011 · 607 citations

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The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing

Simeon Djankov, Florencio López de Silanes, Rafael La Porta et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2005 · 601 citations · Full text

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Earnings management, stock issues, and shareholder lawsuits

Larry L. DuCharme, Paul Malatesta, Stephan E. Sefcik · Journal of Financial Economics · 2003 · 548 citations

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Authors

401

  1. RS
    Randall S. Thomas

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    18 publications · 599 citations

    15

    h-index

  2. JD
    James D. Cox

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

    8 publications · 208 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. RB
    Robert B. Thompson

    Georgetown University, United States

    8 publications · 345 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. SD
    Simeon Djankov

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 4.4K citations

    6

    h-index

  5. DC
    Dain C. Donelson

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    5 publications · 260 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 401

Institutions

267

  1. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    684 citations

  2. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    372 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    700 citations

  6. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    211 citations

  7. Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    618 citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    222 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 61 publications · 2.3K citations

    24

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  2. Journal of Corporate Finance

    17 publications · 1.1K citations

    15

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  3. The Accounting Review

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  4. Journal of Financial Economics

    8 publications · 5.4K citations

    8

    h-index

  5. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

    JFQA · 6 publications · 373 citations

    6

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