Strategic voting and shareholder voting
by Professor Adam Meirowitz, Yale University and Dr Shaoting Pi, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Starting with Marquis de Condorcet (1785), a large literature seeks to understand voting in settings where agents…
Voting for socially responsible corporate policies
by Professor Adam Meirowitz, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, Dr Shaoting Pi, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, University of Cambridge, and Dr Matthew C. Ringgenberg, David Eccles School of…
Voting and trading: the shareholder’s dilemma
by Professor Adam Meirowitz, University of Utah, and Dr Shaoting Pi, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Dr Shaoting Pi In the study of enterprise ownership comparisons between ownership by investors of capital,…
Staggering findings
Companies with staggered boards have a higher 'voting premium' that reflects managerial inefficiencies, especially in mature firms and those in noncompetitive industries, finds a new study co-authored by Dr Oğuzhan Karakaş of Cambridge Judge Business School. The practice of 'staggered'…
The legacy of Trump’s divisive politics (Opinion piece)
Yes, Donald Trump was too alienating to win, but future populists may refine the Trump formula for even more divisive politics. By Dr Thomas Roulet, University Senior Lecturer in Organisation Theory and Deputy Director of the MBA programme at Cambridge…
The heat is on
Higher temperatures boost voter turnout and helps the incumbent party, finds study based on temperature, turnout and results in each US state for presidential elections between 1960 and 2016. Elections have long been studied by pollsters, pundits and others who…
Blown away: wind affects voting decisions
Higher wind speed makes voters seek safety and the status quo, while low winds glide voters toward change and greater risk, says new study that analysed 100 years of US elections and the Brexit and Scotland votes in Britain. Wind-tossed…
Will AV be less ‘fair’ for the ‘sophisticated’ UK voters?
New research shows that 'sophisticated tactical' voting cost the Conservatives their UK General Election victory in 2010 - so will AV be any fairer when tactical voting is more difficult? A new research paper by Dr Lionel Page, Associate in…
