corporate democracy
How Proxy Voting Policies Fail To Reflect Investor Ideologies
Large asset managers increasingly control voting rights on behalf of investors, raising questions about ideological alignment in corporate governance. Pablo Montagnes, Zac Peskowitz, and...
Can Shareholder Democracy Fill the Void of a Dysfunctional Regulatory System?
As financial markets take on societal challenges like climate change, new research from Robin Döttling, Doron Levit, Nadya Malenko and Magdalena Rola-Janicka explores how shareholder democracy interacts with the political process to impact public goods provisions. The authors investigate the potential of investor-driven governance to supplement the shortfalls of the regulatory system, highlighting both benefits and risks posed by wealth inequality and ESG backlash.
Reclaiming Corporate Democracy
The following is an excerpt from Sarah C. Haan’s book, “Reclaiming Corporate Democracy.”
