Systemic Risk Centre Seminar
Date: Monday, 29th November 2021
Time: 1.00 - 2.00pm GMT
Speaker: Bige Kahraman Alper (Saïd Business School Oxford)
Seminar Title: ES Risks and Shareholder Voice
Abstract: While shareholder proposals related to ES issues nearly always fail, we show that investors’ support for these proposals contains information regarding future risks that firms face. Support levels are informative regarding the probability of negative tail returns that stem from future ES incidents. Examining the economic channels underlying this finding, we find that agency frictions contribute to proposal failure, leading to predictable tail events. Contrasting ES versus non-ES failed proposals within the same firm, we find that predictability is unique to ES initiatives; this is consistent with higher uncertainty regarding the value of ES initiatives exacerbating agency frictions.
Registration
This online public event is free and open to all but pre-registration is required. Registrations made after the start of the event may not be approved.
