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Shareholders'
right to vote on corporate acquisitions debate |
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The
ECGI hosted a session at the European Financial Markets Convention
organised by the Federation of European Securities Exchanges
(FESE) earlier this year. The Oxford Union style debate on
the motion “This house believes that shareholders
should NOT have the right to vote on corporate acquisitions”
was defeated by a majority of 62 to 5. The debate can now
viewed from this website. See: |
Video clips
of the debate
Rules for
Oxford Union debates and history of the Union
Speeches
and presentations during the Convention |
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Luc
Renneboog - New Research of the Month |
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Luc
Renneboog's research project "Insider Trading, News Releases
and Ownership Concentration" is the ninth featured Research
of the Month in the Research section on this website. This
area provides a forum for ECGI research members to publicise
their current corporate governance research projects. It also
acts as a gateway to all the research-related material on
this website. See: |
The new Research of the Month
feature
Listing of ECGI
Research members
Listing of Research
interests of ECGI Research members |
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Alternative
Views of Corporate Governance |
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Views of Corporate Governance is the subject of the academic
conference sponsored by ETH Zurich, European Corporate Governance
Training Network, Nestlé, Review of Finance, Swiss
Re, SWX Swiss Exchange and Wharton Financial Institutions
Center on 10 March 2006 in Zurich. Attendance at the conference
is by invitation only. See: |
Programme
and papers
European Corporate Governance Training
Network website |
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ECGI co-hosts
SSRN eLibrary |
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The
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and the ECGI have entered
into an agreement whereby the Institute co-hosts, alongside
the Stanford Law School, the SSRN’s worldwide eLibrary.
The ECGI is providing the European ‘mirror’ site
for these documents, allowing readers in Europe to download
them more quickly and efficiently. See: |
Press release announcing
the arrangement
SSRN website |
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Working Papers
on EU Corporate Law Making |
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The
ECGI has published in its Law Working Paper series a number
of papers that are based upon drafts prepared for the EU Corporate
Law Making Conference. This conference was organised by Harvard
Law School and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH
Zurich) and was held in Cambridge, Mass. in October last year.
See: |
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Law Working Paper Series (papers 23, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 42 and 43) |
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here for earlier announcements |
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