Commercial Law-Single Shareholder Company

Should a Company Pursue Shareholder Value?

What is the appropriate objective function for a firm? We analyze this question for the case where shareholders are prosocial and externalities are not perfectly separable from production decisions. We show that maximization of shareholder welfare does not necessarily equate to maximization of long-term shareholder value. We also show that the first objective is not sustainable in the presence ...

Bank Holding Company Capital Ratios and Shareholder Payouts

Such high shareholder payouts might be seen as a threat to banking institutions’ capital strength if profitability faltered. However, we find that the sharp rise in shareholder payouts during 1997 appears to have been driven primarily by increases in net stock repurchases rather than by a run-up in dividend payments. The composition of these payouts is important because banking companies can cu...

Financialization and company law: A study of the UK Company Law Review

This paper considers the role of company law in the context of financialization, with a focus on shareholder primacy. After a detailed review of the provenance of the putative shareholder primacy rationale, the study provides an analysis of relevant aspects of the Company Law Review (CLR) process in the UK. This ultimately led to the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) which determined that shareholde...

Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Commercial Law

Basics and some examples of acceptance of transnational commercial law in Iranian law

Transnational trade usage is the most important source of international commercial law which is based on the course of conduct and practices. Despite the acceptance and application of trade usage in commercial relations, there are some ambiguities regarding its nature, identification and its binding force as a legal rule in national courts procedure. Lack of an international legislative body i...