Through a survey and analyses of observational data, we provide systematic evidence that institutional investors value and demand climate risk disclosures. The survey reveals the …
A Edmans, T Gosling, D Jenter - Journal of Financial Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We survey directors and investors on the objectives, constraints, and determinants of CEO pay. We find that directors face constraints beyond participation and incentives, and that pay …
A Edmans - Financial Analysts Journal, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is at an all-time high. However, academic research is still relatively nascent, often leading us to apply gut feel on …
W Drobetz, L Hornuf, PP Momtaz… - … Theory and Practice, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the operating and financial performance of venture firms conducting initial coin offerings (ICOs) with different types of investors and at different points along a …
During the COVID-19 market crash, US stocks with higher institutional ownership--in particular, those held more by active, short-term, and more exposed institutions--performed …
During the COVID-19 crash, US stocks with higher institutional ownership performed worse. This under-performance is unrelated to revisions in earnings expectations, which suggests a …
A Brav, W Jiang, R Li - European Corporate Governance Institute …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Hedge fund activism refers to the phenomenon where hedge fund investors acquire a strict minority block of shares in a target firm and then attempt to pressure management for …
AG Andrei, J Van Oosterhout… - Organization …, 2023 - pubsonline.informs.org
We investigate the effect of expressive shareholder dissent voting, in which shareholders use their votes symbolically to express their discontent with management, on subsequent …
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 …