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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461362703321

Titolo

Institutional investor activism : hedge funds and private equity, economics and regulation / / edited by William W. Bratton and Joseph A. McCahery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-103978-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (817 p.)

Disciplina

332.64524

Soggetti

Institutional investments

Hedge funds

Private equity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Institutional Investor Activism: Hedge Funds and Private Equity, Economics and Regulation""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Table of Cases""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Part I The Disempowered Shareholder""; ""2. The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States""; ""3. The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise""; ""4. Shareholder Activism through Proxy Proposals:  The European Perspective""; ""Part II Hedge Fund Activism""