Clifford G. Holderness

Boston College - Department of Finance

Professor of Finance

Carroll School of Management

140 Commonwealth Avenue

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808

United States

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1.

A Survey of Blockholders and Corporate Control

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2003
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Sep 2001
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
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Large-block shareholders, corporate control

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Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence

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Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper No. 475/2016
Number of pages: 127 Posted: 13 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2019
Alex Edmans and Clifford G. Holderness
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Boston College - Department of Finance
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Large shareholders, blockholders, governance, voice, activism, exit, microstructure, property rights

Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11442
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 22 Aug 2016
Alex Edmans and Clifford G. Holderness
London Business School - Institute of Finance and Accounting and Boston College - Department of Finance
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activism, blockholders, exit, governance, Large shareholders, microstructure, property rights., voice

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The Block Pricing Puzzle

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Apr 2001
Michael J. Barclay, Clifford G. Holderness and Dennis P. Sheehan
University of Rochester - Simon School (Deceased), Boston College - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University
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Negotiated block trades, private placements, block pricing, discounts, premiums

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The Logic of the First Amendment

Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 00-01
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Clifford G. Holderness, Michael C. Jensen and William H. Meckling
Boston College - Department of Finance, Harvard Business School and Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased)
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Freedom, First Amendment, property rights, externality, physical incompatibility, scarce rights, non-scarce rights, constitutional law

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Myth of Diffuse Ownership in the United States

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jun 2007
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
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Ownership Concentration, Blockholders

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Private Placements and Managerial Entrenchment

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming, AFA 2004 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Nov 2003
Michael J. Barclay, Clifford G. Holderness and Dennis P. Sheehan
University of Rochester - Simon School (Deceased), Boston College - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University
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G32, G34

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Analysis of Alternative Standing Doctrines

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 6, 1986, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1986
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling and Clifford G. Holderness
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased) and Boston College - Department of Finance
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standing, legal doctrine, U.S. Supreme Court, rights, efficiency, transaction costs, alienability

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Dividends and Dominant Corporate Shareholders

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Nov 2003
Michael J. Barclay, Clifford G. Holderness and Dennis P. Sheehan
University of Rochester - Simon School (Deceased), Boston College - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University
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The Distribution of Voting Rights to Shareholders

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 733/2021
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 15 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2022
Vyacheslav Fos and Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance and Boston College - Department of Finance
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Shareholder voting, ex day, record date, corporate governance

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Do Differences in Legal Protections Explain Differences in Ownership Concentration?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Mar 2008
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
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Ownership Concentration, Legal Origins, Investor Protections

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Dividends and Corporate Shareholders

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Dividends and Corporate Shareholders

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 05 Jun 2007
Michael J. Barclay, Clifford G. Holderness and Dennis P. Sheehan
University of Rochester - Simon School (Deceased), Boston College - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University
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Dividends, Corporate Blockholders, Taxes

Dividends and Corporate Shareholders

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 6, pp. 2423-2455, 2009
Posted: 01 Jun 2009
Michael J. Barclay, Clifford G. Holderness and Dennis P. Sheehan
University of Rochester - Simon School (Deceased), Boston College - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University

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G30, G32, G35

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The Case for Restricting Access to Courts

MERC Working Paper No. 81-06, Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 1981
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2011
Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling and Clifford G. Holderness
Harvard Business School, Simon School, University of Rochester (Deceased) and Boston College - Department of Finance
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standing, stare decisis, res judicata, collateral estoppel, Coase Theorem, courts, legal system, efficiency, adjudication, rights, externalities

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Equity Issuances and Agency Costs: The Telling Story of Shareholder Approval Around the World

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 21 Jul 2017
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
Downloads 358 (145,136)
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Equity Issuances, Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEOs), Agency Costs, Mandatory Shareholder Voting, Corporate Governance

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Joint Ownership and Alienability

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 26 May 2000
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
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Shareholder Nonparticipation in Valuable Rights Offerings

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 11 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2013
Clifford G. Holderness and Jeffrey Pontiff
Boston College - Department of Finance and Boston College - Department of Finance
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rights offering, shareholder heterogeneity, wealth transfers

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On the Conceptual Inadequacy of the Original Cost Regulatory System

Harvard NOM Working Paper
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Oct 2005
Michael C. Jensen, Fischer Black and Clifford G. Holderness
Harvard Business School, Sloan School of Management, MIT (Deceased) and Boston College - Department of Finance
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regulatory systems, inflation, interest rates, price index, market rate

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Hierarchies and the Survival of POWs during WWII

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2012
Clifford G. Holderness and Jeffrey Pontiff
Boston College - Department of Finance and Boston College - Department of Finance
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Hierarchy, centralization, decentralization, markets

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Standing

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Oct 1998
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
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Constraints on Large-Block Shareholders

NBER Working Paper No. w6765
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Dec 1998 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2022
Clifford G. Holderness and Dennis P. Sheehan
Boston College - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University
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Were the Good Old Days that Good? Changes in Managerial Stock Ownership Since the Great Depression

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Were the Good Old Days that Good? Changes in Managerial Stock Ownership Since the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w6550
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Clifford G. Holderness, Randall Kroszner and Dennis P. Sheehan
Boston College - Department of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Pennsylvania State University
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Were the Good Old Days that Good? Changes in Managerial Stock Ownership Since the Great Depression

Posted: 15 May 1998
Clifford G. Holderness, Randall Kroszner and Dennis P. Sheehan
Boston College - Department of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Pennsylvania State University

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Blockholders are More Common in the United States than You Might Think

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp. 75-85, 2010
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Mar 2023
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance
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Problems Using Aggregate Data to Infer Individual Behavior: Evidence from Law, Finance, and Ownership Concentration

Critical Finance Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2016
Posted: 13 May 2016
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance

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Aggregation Bias, Law and Finance, Ownership Concentration

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Law and Ownership Reexamined

Critical Finance Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2016
Posted: 13 May 2016
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance

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Law and Finance, Ownership Concentration, Investors' Legal Protections

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Culture and the Ownership Concentration of Public Corporations Around the World

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Feb 2016
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance

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Ownership concentration, Culture, Egalitarianism, Religion, Trust, Armen Alchian

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The Myth of Diffuse Ownership in the United States

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 4, pp. 1377-1408, 2009
Posted: 23 Mar 2009
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance

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G32, G34

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Were the Good Old Days that Good?: Evolution of Corporate Ownership and Governance Since the Great Depression

Posted: 10 May 1998
Clifford G. Holderness, Randall Kroszner and Dennis P. Sheehan
Boston College - Department of Finance, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Pennsylvania State University

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The Entity Concept and Corporations: Preserving the Alienability of Collective Property

Posted: 14 Mar 1997
Clifford G. Holderness
Boston College - Department of Finance

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