The effect of minority veto rights on controller pay tunneling
| Autor: | Yishay Yafeh, Ehud Kamar, Jesse M. Fried |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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040101 forestry
Economics and Econometrics 050208 finance Executive compensation Shareholder voting Exploit Strategy and Management Corporate governance 05 social sciences Veto 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Fiduciary Shareholder Control theory Accounting 0502 economics and business 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Business Finance Law and economics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Financial Economics. 138:777-788 |
| ISSN: | 0304-405X |
| Popis: | A central challenge in the regulation of controlled firms is curbing rent extraction by controllers. As independent directors and fiduciary duties are often insufficient, some jurisdictions give minority shareholders veto rights over related-party transactions. To assess these rights’ effectiveness, we exploit a 2011 Israeli reform that gave minority shareholders veto rights over related-party transactions, including the pay of controllers and their relatives (“controller executives”). We find that the reform curbed controller-executive pay and led some controller executives to resign or go with little or no pay in circumstances suggesting their pay would be rejected. These findings suggest that minority veto rights can be an effective corporate governance tool. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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