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Shareholder Protection, Stock Market Development, and Politics [PDF]
This paper presents a political economy model where there is mutual feedback between investor protection and stock market development. Better investor protection induces companies to issue more equity and thereby leads to a broader stock market. In turn,
Marco Pagano, Paolo Volpin
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The Unanticipated Effects of Insider Trading Regulation [PDF]
, 2004 Using a sample of 2,827 firms from 21 countries we examine whether insider trading laws achieve the primary objective for which they are introduced – protecting uninformed investors from private information-based trading.
Durnev, Art A., Nain, Amrita S.
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Friend, Not Foe: Lowered Tissue Reactivity to Long‐Term Polyimide Implants
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The choice of optimal neural probe designs remains a major challenge in the field of neurotechnology. This study investigated the biocompatibility of several probe variations, including material, thickness, width, and implantation strategy. It highlights the clear advantage of soft polyimide probes over stiff silicon probes for better device ...
Corinne Orlemann +11 more
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How Laws Affect Contracts: Evidence from Yankee Bond Covenants [PDF]
We examine how country-level legal and institutional differences in creditor and shareholder rights shape the use of bond covenants. Using comprehensive debt covenant information for a sample of Yankee bonds issued by firms from more than 50 countries ...
John Wald, Lukas Roth, Yaxuan Qi
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A Correlative SICM‐OPM Platform for Surface and Volumetric Imaging in Live Cells
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A multifunctional correlative imaging platform integrating Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (SICM) with Oblique Plane Microscopy (OPM) enables simultaneous surface topography, mechanical mapping, and 3D volumetric fluorescence imaging in live cells.
Wenzhi Hong +13 more
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Protecting Minority Shareholders in Blockholder-Controlled Companies – Evaluating the UK’s Enhanced Listing Regime in Comparison with Investor Protection Regimes in New York and Hong Kong [PDF]
, 2015 This article considers the Enhanced Listing Regime as a novel measure to address minority shareholders’ concerns in UK Premium-listed companies with a controlling shareholder.
Chiu, H
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The Rise of the Small Investor in the US and the UK, 1895 to 1970 [PDF]
, 2017 The role of the small shareholder has been largely ignored in the literature, which has tended to concentrate on controlling shareholders and family ownership.
Rutterford, Janette +1 more
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Toward Standardization in CO2 Electrolysis: A Round Robin Study
Advanced Energy Materials, EarlyView.CO2 electrolysis is a promising green technology for producing fuels and chemicals. To support its real‐world adoption, researchers conducted a collaborative study to identify sources of experimental variability. They found key differences in temperature and pressure control across labs and proposed a standardized testing protocol to improve ...
Dorottya Hursán +12 more
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One Share - One Vote: The Theory [PDF]
The impact of separating cash flow and votes depends on the ownership structure. In widely held firms, one share - one vote is in general not optimal. While it ensures an efficient outcome in bidding contests, dual-class shares mitigate the free-rider ...
Burkart, Mike, Lee, Samuel
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Tax Policy and Farm Organization
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced substantial changes to the tax code, affecting farms' organizational incentives. This study examines farms' responses to the TCJA along extensive and intensive margins, focusing on organizational and labor expense adjustments.
Tia M. McDonald, Katherine Lacy
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