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Shareholder Proxy Fights

Shareholder Proxy Fights is a corporate governance phenomenon characterized by a strategic contest in which shareholders solicit proxies to gain voting control over a key corporate decision or board representation, thereby challenging incumbent management or directors.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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

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

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Shareholder Activism and Corporate Governance in the United States

Bernard S. Black · SSRN Electronic Journal · 1997 · 304 citations · Full text

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Cash and Corporate Control

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

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Effect of Passive Investors on Activism

Ian Appel, Todd A. Gormley, Donald B. Keim · Review of Financial Studies · 2018 · 187 citations · Full text

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Proxy contests and corporate change: implications for shareholder wealth

J. Harold Mulherin, Annette B. Poulsen · Journal of Financial Economics · 1998 · 163 citations

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Authors

36

  1. PP
    Pegaret Pichler

    Northeastern University, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  2. DB
    Donald B. Keim

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 264 citations

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  3. NM
    Nicole M. Boyson

    Northeastern University, United States

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  4. BS
    Bernard S. Black

    Northwestern University, Philippines

    2 publications · 395 citations

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  5. NG
    Nickolay Gantchev

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 440 citations

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Institutions

30

  1. Northeastern University

    Boston, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    409 citations

  2. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    313 citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    264 citations

  4. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    264 citations

  5. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    191 citations

  6. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    107 citations

  7. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    246 citations

  8. Northwestern University

    Laoag, Philippines

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    304 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 10 publications · 610 citations

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  2. Review of Financial Studies

    3 publications · 299 citations

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  3. Journal of Financial Economics

    2 publications · 474 citations

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  5. Journal of applied corporate finance

    1 publications · 23 citations

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