Michael C. Schouten

University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law

Researcher

Amsterdam, 1018 WB

Netherlands

Duisenberg School of Finance

Graduate Research Fellow

Gustav Mahlerplein 117

Amsterdam, 1082 MS

Netherlands

  • University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law

  • Duisenberg School of Finance

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1.

The Case for Mandatory Ownership Disclosure

Stanford Journal of Law, Business, and Finance, Vol. 15, pp. 127-182, 2010
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 18 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2011
Michael C. Schouten
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
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ownership disclosure, market efficiency, corporate governance, monitoring, hedge fund activism, hidden ownership, empty voting

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Corporate Governance in the Netherlands

International Congress on Comparative Law, Washington, 2010
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2011
Jaron van Bekkum, Steven Hijink, Michael C. Schouten and Jaap W. Winter
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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corporate governance, company law, securities law, boards, shareholders, labor, audit, takeover regulation, disclosure, transparency, enforcement

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The Mechanisms of Voting Efficiency

Columbia Business Law Review, Forthcoming, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Working Paper No. 411, Harvard/Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum 2010
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2011
Michael C. Schouten
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
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shareholder voting, corporate governance, information aggregration, condorcet jury theorem, wisdom of the crowds, market efficiency, behavioral finance, empty voting, proxy advisors

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The Evolution of Ownership Disclosure Rules Across Countries

Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Vol. 10, 2010, Centre for Business Research (CBR) of the University of Cambridge Working Paper No. 393
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2011
Michael C. Schouten and Mathias Siems
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law and European University Institute (EUI)
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ownership disclosure, shareholder protection, comparative company law, law and finance, legal convergence

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Takeover Bids and Insider Trading

RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON INSIDER TRADING, Stephen Bainbridge, ed., Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2013
Michael C. Schouten and Matthijs Nelemans
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law and Tilburg Law School
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takeover bids, public offers, mergers and acquisitions, stakebuilding, insider trading, market abuse, securities fraud, securities regulation, financial markets

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Do Institutional Investors Follow Proxy Advice Blindly?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Jan 2012
Michael C. Schouten
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
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proxy advisors, corporate governance, shareholder voting, institutional investors, stewardship

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The Political Economy of Cross-Border Voting in Europe

Columbia Journal of European Law, Vol. 16, pp. 1-37, 2009
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2011
Michael C. Schouten
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
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ownership disclosure, market efficiency, corporate governance, monitoring, hidden ownership, empty voting

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Implementation of the SRD II Provisions on Related Party Transactions

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 543/2020
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2020
Paul L. Davies, Susan Emmenegger, Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Andrés Recalde Castells, Markus Roth, Michael C. Schouten, Rolf Skog, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford- Faculty of Law, University of Bern - School of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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related party, approval, majority-of-the-minority, disclosure, materiality, Shareholder Rights Directive, harmonisation

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Why Governance Might Work in Mutual Funds

Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 109, p. 86, 2011
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 29 Apr 2011
Michael C. Schouten
University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
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mutual funds, corporate governance, fee litigation, shareholder voting, exit, voice