Can algorithms assist firms in their decisions on nominating corporate directors? Directors
predicted by algorithms to perform poorly indeed do perform poorly compared to a realistic …

Using unique data on investor views of EDGAR company filings, we document that many
investors engage in governance research. However, investors' monitoring is …

Snap, the owner of the disappearing-message application Snapchat, went public in March
2017 at a valuation exceeding $20 billion with a multiple-class structure that creates …

Boards are crucial to shareholder wealth. Yet little is known about how shareholder
oversight affects director incentives. Using exogenous shocks to institutional investor …

This paper asks whether dissent votes in uncontested director elections have consequences
for directors. We show that contrary to popular belief based on prior studies, shareholder …

We examine the causal effects of corporate governance on earnings management using
shareholder‐sponsored proposals that pass or fail by a small margin of votes in annual …

This study examines the voluntary disclosure of earnings forecasts by female CEOs. We find
that in the backdrop of increased pressure to perform from investors and other stakeholders …

Firms in the same networks tend to have similar corporate governance practices. However,
disentangling peer effects, where governance practices propagate from one firm to another …

We study shareholder support for corporate board nominees before and after the 2018
California gender quota. Pre-quota, new female nominees received greater support than …

We examine whether, how, and why acquirer shareholder voting matters. We show that
acquirers with low institutional ownership, high deal risk, and high agency costs are more …