Three Essays on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors
This dissertation analyzes the role of institutional investors in corporate governance. The first essay studies the effect of potential proxy contests on corporate policies. I find that when the likelihood of a proxy contest increases, companies exhibit increases in leverage, dividends, and CEO turn...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/D8MW2Q4T |