My recent research explores how common ownership by institutional shareholders may impact the corporate decisions of firms in their portfolio. As well, I am interested in the role of shareholder activism in this age of universal ownership by large asset management firms. My research has been published in the Journal of Finance, Review of Finance, Contemporary Accounting Review, Harvard Business Review among other academic journals, as well as in various media (Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, BBC). I have received several international prizes such as the Brattle Prize and presented my research at prestigious universities and congresses in finance (WFA, EFA, AFA, NBER, etc.).
Research
Research by topics
By topics
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Refereed Publications
Price and Probability: Decomposing the Takeover Effects of Anti-Takeover Provisions
Journal of Finance, April 2020
Governance Mechanisms and Effective Activism: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals on Poison Pills
Journal of Empirical Finance 43, 2018
Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance
Review of Finance 20(5), 2016
Corporate Governance and Value: Evidence from “Close Calls” on Shareholder Governance Proposals
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 25(1), 2013
The Vote is Cast: The Effect of Corporate Governance on Shareholder Value
Journal of Finance 67(5), 2012
The Brattle Group Prize, Distinguished Paper in Corporate Finance
Best Paper Award, Financial Management Association
Best Paper Award, Istanbul Stock Exchange Competition
Working Papers
Innovation: The Bright Side of Common Ownership
M Antón, M Giné
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Refereed Publications
Does Common Ownership Increase the Incentives for Mergers and Acquisitions?
Competition Policy International, May, 2019
Price and Probability: Decomposing the Takeover Effects of Anti-Takeover Provisions
Journal of Finance, April 2020
Working Papers
WOMEN IN FINANCE
Refereed Publications
Executive Gender Pay Gaps: The Roles of Female Risk Aversion and Board Representation
Contemporary Accounting Review 34(2), 2017
Media coverage: CNN, BBC interview