Stakeholders and the composition of the voting rights of the board of directors

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Corporate Finance
Year: 2008
Volume: 14
Issue: 2
Pages: 107-117

Authors (2)

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Abstract

We propose a new approach to dynamic representation of different groups of stakeholders on the board of directors. This approach is based on a simple economic model of the firm, with an objective function to maximize its market value. We look at the marginal claim of each stakeholder on the assets of the firm. It divides the voting rights based on the change in value of each stakeholder with a one dollar change in the value of the firm as a whole. We translate these conditions to relative voting powers on the board. While there are many claims in the academic and popular literature on sharing voting rights on the board, our paper is the first to propose a quantitative dynamic model of the power sharing in the corporation.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:corfin:v:14:y:2008:i:2:p:107-117
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29