Coercive dual-class exchange offers

One share-one vote and the market for corporate control

1988 • 1,377 citations

Managerial ownership of voting rights

1985 • 695 citations

Tender offers and stockholder returns

1977 • 504 citations

Going Private: Minority Freezeouts and Stockholder Wealth

1984 • 444 citations

The market value of control in publicly-traded corporations

1983 • 379 citations

Control as a motivation for underpricing: a comparison of dual and single-class IPOs

2003 • 282 citations

Dual-class recapitalizations as antitakeover mechanisms

1988 • 245 citations

The creation of a class of limited voting common stock and shareholder wealth

1987 • 169 citations

Security design and the allocation of voting rights: Evidence from the Australian IPO market

1998 • 71 citations

Organized Exchanges and the Regulation of Dual Class Common Stock

1987 • 67 citations

Evaluating Dual Class Common Stock: The Relevance of Substitutes

1987 • 54 citations

Large shareholder diversification, corporate risk taking, and the benefits of changing to differential voting rights

2011 • 42 citations

Corporate Ownership Structures: Private versus Social Optimality

1996 • 34 citations

Do Voting Rights Matter? Evidence From the Adoption of Equity‐Based Compensation Plans*

2012 • 29 citations

La répartition des droits de vote, leur exercice et l’efficacité économique

2001 • 14 citations

Takeover defenses and shareholder voting

2011 • 9 citations

Reforming Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Choice between Unitary Versus Dual Boards of Directors

2012 • 2 citations

Lessons from the French Exception: How Firms Choose between Unitary and Dual Boards

2012 • 2 citations