01160nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008100041210006900122260000900191520062300200653001200823100001900835700001700854700002400871856011900895       2020                        eng d00aGovernance Changes through Shareholder Initiatives: The Case of Proxy Access0 aGovernance Changes through Shareholder Initiatives The Case of P  c20203 aWe study a regulatory change that led to over 300 shareholder proposals to instate proxy access and more than 250 firms adopting proxy access from 2012 to 2016. The firms expected to benefit most from proxy access have the most positive market reaction to receiving a proposal, but adoptions are not concentrated at these firms. We find that proposing and voting shareholders do not discriminate between firms that would or would not benefit, and that management resists proxy access at the firms that stand to benefit most. This process results in the concentration of adoptions at large, already well-governed firms.10aFinance1 aBhandari, Tara1 aIliev, Peter1 aKalodimos, Jonathan  uhttps://stage.business.oregonstate.edu/biblio/governance-changes-through-shareholder-initiatives-case-proxy-access