Returns to Shareholder Activism: Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund

Review of Financial Studies - Tập 22 Số 8 - Trang 3093-3129 - 2009
Marco Becht1, Julian Franks2, Colin Mayer3, Stefano Rossi4
1ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and ECGI
2London Business School Centre for Corporate Governance, CEPR and ECGI
3Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, CEPR, and ECGI
4Stockholm School of Economics

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