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Ian Appel
Researcher at Boston College
Publications - 18
Citations - 1359
Ian Appel is an academic researcher from Boston College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Institutional investor & Corporate governance. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 16 publications receiving 1015 citations.
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Passive Investors, Not Passive Owners
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine whether and by which mechanisms passive investors influence firms' governance, exploiting variation in ownership by passive mutual funds associated with stock assignments to the Russell 1000 and 2000 indexes.
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Passive Investors, Not Passive Owners *
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine whether and by which mechanisms passive investors influence firms' governance, exploiting variation in ownership by passive mutual funds associated with stock assignments to the Russell 1000 and 2000 indexes.
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Effect of Passive Investors on Activism
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze whether the growing importance of passive investors has influenced the campaigns, tactics, and successes of activists and find that the increasingly large ownership stakes of passive institutional investors mitigate free-rider problems associated with certain forms of intervention and ultimately increase the likelihood of success by activists, and that higher passive ownership is associated with increased use of proxy fights and a higher likelihood the activist obtains board representation or the sale of the targeted company.
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Governance by Litigation
TL;DR: In this article, the role of shareholder litigation rights in corporate governance is examined and the results highlight the importance of the deterrence function of litigation and cast doubt on the notion that lawsuits primarily benefit attorneys rather than shareholders.
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Pockets of Poverty: The Long-Term Effects of Redlining
Ian Appel,Jordan Nickerson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the long-term effects of redlining policies that restricted access to credit in urban communities were studied, showing that "redlined" neighborhoods have 4.8% lower home prices in 1990 relative to adjacent areas.