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Alex Edmans

Alex Edmans

Professor of Finance, London Business School

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Corporate Governance

15th August 2020

How Political Connections Can Hurt, Rather Then Help, Firm Value

We often think of political connections as clearly favoring a company. Perhaps the most extreme example is Donald Trump owning around 500 businesses

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance

13th April 2020

Do Workers on Boards Protect Jobs in a Downturn?

A hot topic is whether companies should have workers on their boards, to ensure they act in the interest of stakeholders, not just shareholders. This

Category iconCorporate Governance,  Responsible Business

13th April 2020

Spillover Effects of Hedge Fund Activism

Hedge fund activism is a controversial topic.  Prominent lawyer Marty Lipton argues that the long-term future of corporate America is being undermined

Category iconCorporate Governance

11th October 2017

How Short-Term Activists Create Long-Term Value

Activist hedge funds are often seen as the epitome of all that's wrong with capitalism. They cut investment, fire employees, and break contracts to

Category iconCorporate Governance

7th October 2017

A Layman’s Guide to Separating Causation from Correlation … and Noticing When Claims of Causality are Invalid

Imagine you're the Minister for Education, deciding how large to make a school district. Larger school districts offer parents more school choice. You

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  Executive Pay,  Responsible Business

22nd September 2017

How Proxy Advisors Influence Voting Outcomes

Proxy advisors are playing an increasingly influential role in corporate governance, by providing investors with guidance on how to vote in director

Category iconCorporate Governance

20th July 2017

CEOs Cut Investment To Sell Their Own Shares At High Prices

One of the most fundamental concerns with corporations is that they focus on short-term profit rather than investing for the long-term. This is a

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  Executive Pay

30th June 2017

Is Short Termism Really A Problem?

"Myopia [short-termism] is a first-order problem faced by the modern firm. In the last century, firms were predominantly capital-intensive, but

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  The World Economy

18th June 2017

Conflicts of Interest Among Proxy Advisors

The Importance of Proxy Advisors Proxy advisors play a critical role in corporate governance. One important way in which shareholders exert

Category iconCorporate Governance

5th May 2017

Corporate Governance in China

China will soon become the largest economy in the world, but many Westerners (myself included) know very little about it. Moreover, the vast majority

Category iconCorporate Finance,  Corporate Governance,  The World Economy

5th April 2017

House of Commons Report on Corporate Governance

Today the House of Commons Select Committee on Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published its report on corporate governance, after

Category iconCorporate Governance,  Executive Pay,  Responsible Business

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