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Emanuel Zur
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 25
Citations - 2270
Emanuel Zur is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hedge fund & Shareholder. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 21 publications receiving 2054 citations. Previous affiliations of Emanuel Zur include Baruch College.
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Entrepreneurial Shareholder Activism: Hedge Funds and Other Private Investors
April Klein,Emanuel Zur +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine recent confrontational shareholder activism campaigns by hedge funds and by other private investors and conclude that the activism benefits existing shareholders of the targeted firms, but that hedge fund and other entrepreneurial activists achieve these benefits through different outlets.
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Entrepreneurial Shareholder Activism: Hedge Funds and Other Private Investors
April Klein,Emanuel Zur +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine recent confrontational activism campaigns by hedge funds and other private investors and examine the determinants, methods, and consequences of hedge fund managers who undertake confrontational activist campaigns.
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The Effect of Liquidity on Governance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate a positive effect of stock liquidity on blockholder governance, showing that stock liquidity increases the likelihood of block formation and has an unconditional positive effect on voice as well as exit.
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The Effect of Liquidity on Governance
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of stock liquidity on blockholder governance was studied, showing that liquidity reduces the likelihood that a blockholder governs through voice (intervention) as shown by the greater propensity to file Schedule 13Gs (passive investment) than 13Ds (active investment).
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The Impact of Hedge Fund Activism on the Target Firm's Existing Bondholders
April Klein,Emanuel Zur +1 more
TL;DR: In contrast to previous studies documenting positive abnormal returns to target shareholders, this paper found that hedge fund activism significantly reduces bondholders' wealth, and also found an expropriation of wealth from the bondholder to the shareholders.