A requiem for the USA: is small shareholder monitoring effective?

Article Abstract:

The United Shareholders Association (USA), which was founded in 1986 and disbanded in 1993, has succeeded in improving companies' performance and increasing their shareholders value through shareholders' monitoring. USA was also instrumental in the S.E.C.'s decision to allow shareholders to discuss corporate issues. Comparing USA's estimated expenses during its existence and the direct benefits it provided to shareholders, shows that it has succeeded in attaining its goals.

Research, Economic aspects, Corporate governance, Minority stockholders, United Shareholders Association

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Pay for performance? Government regulation and the strucure of compensation conracts

Article Abstract:

Securities and Exchange Commission requirements for disclosure, tax legislation, and sensitivity to stockholders' wealth have linked executive pay to performance.

Management Development, Laws, regulations and rules, Taxation, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Linking pay to performance - compensation proposal in the S&P 500

Article Abstract:

This paper studies plans proposed by firms for performance-linked compensation to executives and concludes that pay-for-performance schemes benefit shareholders.

Evaluation, Employee incentives, Stock options, Corporations, Standard & Poor's Corp.

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