Shareholder Activism Papers Worth Reading

Shareholder Activism & CEO Pay
August 2009
Yonca Ertimur, Duke University
Volkan Muslu, University of Texas at Dallas
Fabrizio Ferri, NYU – Stern School of Business
The Paper is Available Here

Wealth Effects of Hedge Fund Activism
(Interesting study on effects to bondholders)
June 2009
Hadiye Aslan, University of Houston
Hilda Maraachlian, University of Houston
The Paper is Available Here

Liquidity and Shareholder Activism
June 2009
Oyvind Norli, Norwegian School of Management
Charlotte Ostergaard, Norwegian School of Management; Central Bank of Norway
Ibolya Schindele, Norwegian School of Management
The Paper is Available Here

The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Avoiding Shareholder Activism
April 2009
Damien Park, Hedge Fund Solutions
Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board
The Paper is Available Here

Stock Picking in Disguise?
New Evidence that Hedge Fund Activism Adds Value
April 2009
Benjamin Solarz
The Paper is Available Here

Hedge Fund Activism and Corporate Governance: The State of the Art
August 2008
Faysal Barrachdi
The Paper is Available Here

Shareholder Activism and the "Eclipse of the Public Corporation": Is the Current Wave of Activism Causing Another Tectonic Shift in the American Corporate World?
The 2008 Directors Forum of The University of Minnesota Law School
Martin Lipton, Partner
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
The Paper is Available Here

Equity and Debt Decoupling and Empty Voting II: Importance and Extensions
The University of Pennsylvania Law Review, January 2008
Henry Hu & Bernard Black
The Paper is Available Here

Influences of Hedge Fund Activism on the Medium Term Target Firm Value
August 2007
Nick W.A. Stokman
Erasmus University Rotterdam
This Paper is Available Here

Hedge Fund Investor Activism & Takeovers
Harvard Business School, July 2007
Robin Greenwood & Michael Schor
The Paper is Available Here

The Evolution of Shareholder Activism in the United States
January 2007
Stuart Gillan, Texas Tech University
Laura Starks, Texas Tech University
The Paper is Available Here

Hedge Fund Activism, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance
September 2006
Alon Brav, Duke University
Wei Jiang, Columbia University
Frank Portnoy, University of San Diego
Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt University
The Paper if Available Here

Hedge Fund Activism
October 2006
April Klein, New York University
Emanuel Zur, New York University
The Paper is Available Here

Removing Poison Pills: A Case of Shareholder Activism
October 2006
Ali C. Akyol, University of Melbourne
Carolyn Carrol, University of Alabama
The Paper is Available Here