Blockholders: A survey of theory and evidence

A Edmans, CG Holderness - The handbook of the economics of corporate …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of blockholders (large
shareholders) in corporate governance. We start with the underlying property rights of public …

Blockholders and corporate governance

A Edmans - Annu. Rev. Financ. Econ., 2014 - annualreviews.org
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the channels through which
blockholders (large shareholders) engage in corporate governance. In classical models …

Insider share-pledging and equity risk

R Anderson, M Puleo - Journal of Financial Services Research, 2020 - Springer
Corporate insiders frequently borrow from lending institutions and pledge their personal
equity as collateral for the loan. This borrowing, or pledging, potentially affects shareholder …

Mutual supervision or conspiracy? The incentive effect of multiple large shareholders on audit quality requirements

L Zhang, B Li - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple large shareholders may choose to mutual supervise or conspire, thereby affecting
the firm's strategy and transactional operations. This paper examines the impact of firms with …

Trading and shareholder democracy

D Levit, N Malenko, E Maug - The Journal of Finance, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We study shareholder voting in a model in which trading affects the composition of the
shareholder base. Trading and voting are complementary, which gives rise to self‐fulfilling …

Investment strategies and corporate behaviour with socially responsible investors: A theory of active ownership

C Gollier, S Pouget - Economica, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Socially responsible investors constitute an important force in today's global financial
markets. This paper examines conditions under which socially responsible investors induce …

Manager or politician? Effects of CEO pay on the performance of state-controlled Chinese listed firms

HW Hu, D Xu - Journal of Management, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine the effects of chief executive officer (CEO) pay on two performance outcomes
for central government-controlled Chinese listed firms: financial performance (return on …

Top management abnormal turnover and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China

Z Li, Y Chen, Y Li - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
The activities and decisions of the top management have garnered considerable attention.
The general phenomenon of management turnover has gradually become the focus of …

Blockholders and real earnings management-the emerging markets context

QA Amin, D Cumming - … of International Financial Markets, Institutions and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate the unexplored role of large controlling shareholders (blockholders) in
constraining real earnings management (REM). We examine the mechanisms through …

[PDF][PDF] The voting premium

D Levit, N Malenko, E Maug - 2023 - aeaweb.org
This paper develops a unified theory of blockholder governance and the voting premium. It
explains how a voting premium emerges when a minority blockholder tries to influence the …