Do shareholders vote strategically? Voting behavior, proposals screening, and majority rules
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shareholder meeting ; proposal screening ; strategic voting ; supermajority rule;All these keywords.
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- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
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