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Why shareholders shouldn’t vote : a Marxist-progressive critique of shareholder empowerment
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Talbot, Lorraine (2013) Why shareholders shouldn’t vote : a Marxist-progressive critique of shareholder empowerment. Modern Law Review, Volume 76 (Number 5). pp. 791-816. doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12036 ISSN 0026-7961.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12036
Abstract
This paper argues that liquidity, short-termism and low involvement in corporate governance are fundamental ingredients of shareholders’ value maximisation strategies. Neither shareholders nor their representatives will voluntarily adopt restrictions which inhibit their ability to pursue these strategies, such as those presented by the Stewardship Codes. Utilising Marxist and progressive theory this paper evidences the tendency for all capital (including shares) to seek liquidity. It presents historical evidence which shows that political policy can either restrict this tendency, as it did in the progressive and post war period, or facilitate it, as it did in nineteenth century England and in the current neoliberal period. The shareholder empowerment initiatives examined in this paper are therefore best understood as strategies to justify shareholder claims in the current crisis and to thereby protect the neoliberal status quo.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Modern Law Review | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0026-7961 | ||||
Official Date: | 2 September 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 76 | ||||
Number: | Number 5 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 791-816 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1468-2230.12036 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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