Essays about: "One-share-one-vote"

Found 4 essays containing the word One-share-one-vote.

  1. 1. The Takeover Directive - and Its Implementation In Germany, UK and Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Hamnered; [2012]
    Keywords : EU Law; Banking Law; Business Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : One of the main purposes in EU is increased competiveness on the European market and to achieve the goal; the European Commission made a proposal of a Directive on Takeover Bids which would facilitate the takeover activity in EU. Takeover activities essentially signify when a company purchases shares in another company which occasionally also leads to a takeover of the control of the target company. READ MORE

  3. 2. Does vote differention affect dividend payout policy? : A study on swedish listed firms

    University essay from IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Mirjam Dundeberg; [2011]
    Keywords : Control Enhancing Mechanisms; Vote Differentiation; Dividend Payout Policy; Ownership Concentration; Corporate Governance;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates what effects control enhancing mechanisms that are associated with vote differentiation have on dividend payout policy among Swedish listed firms. The data collected for this study is for the period 2005-2007 and the sample consists of 109 companies where 61 of these have shares that are vote differentiated, and the remaining 48 companies have the one share –one vote structure. READ MORE

  4. 3. Agency costs of controlled ownership in transition: An empirical study of disproportionate ownership and controlling owners in Sweden during 1999-2007

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Tomas Johansson; Shirley Yeung; [2008]
    Keywords : Agency costs; Controlling minority shareholders; One-share-one-vote; Dual-class shares;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the agency costs of controlling minority shareholders in Sweden during the period 1999-2007 with respect to the institutional changes under the stated period. A total data sample of 1 473 firm-year observations for 274 firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange is utilised to determine the effect of controlling owners and disproportionate ownership on firm value, approximated by Tobin’s q. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dual-class Share Structure and IPO Long-run Performance: An Empirical Study of the Swedish IPO market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elisabet Åkesson; Tomi Lakkonen; [2008]
    Keywords : Dual-class IPOs; Long-Run Underperformance; Firm Valuation; Corporate Governance Mechanisms; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study analyzes the effects of a dual-class share structure on firm long-run underperformance following an IPO. The sample consists of 204 IPO firms during 1998-2007, whereof 86 had a dual-class share structure and 118 had a one-share one-vote structure. READ MORE