Heterogeneity and peer effects in mutual fund proxy voting

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-112

  Matvos, Gregor ^a   Ostrovsky, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Director elections; Peer effects and strategic complementarities; Proxy voting; Supermodular games

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955266560     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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