American Business Law JournalVolume 49, Issue 4 p. 739-803 Original Article Shareholder Proposal Rules and Practice: Evidence from a Comparison of the United States and United Kingdom Bonnie G. Buchanan, Bonnie G. BuchananSearch for more papers by this authorJeffry M. Netter, Jeffry M. NetterSearch for more papers by this authorAnnette B. Poulsen, Annette B. PoulsenSearch for more papers by this authorTina Yang, Tina YangSearch for more papers by this author Bonnie G. Buchanan, Bonnie G. BuchananSearch for more papers by this authorJeffry M. Netter, Jeffry M. NetterSearch for more papers by this authorAnnette B. Poulsen, Annette B. PoulsenSearch for more papers by this authorTina Yang, Tina YangSearch for more papers by this author First published: 20 November 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1714.2012.01141.xCitations: 37 We thank Christian Andres, Bernard Black, Jie Cai, Brandon Cline, Stephen Davis, Arif Khurshed, April Klein, Richard Nolan, Kristian Rydqvist, Laura Spira, Jun Yang, and seminar participants at the 2007 Oxford-Yale Corporate Governance Conference, the 2008 Financial Management meetings, the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Research Conference, the 2009 European Financial Management Symposium on Corporate Governance and Control at the University of Cambridge, the 2009 Eastern Finance Association, the 2010 8th International Conference on Corporate Governance at the University of Birmingham, the 2011 Northern Finance Association meetings, and Seattle University. We gratefully acknowledge a research grant from the Millstein Center of Corporate Governance at Yale University and research support from the Center for Global Leadership at Villanova University. We also acknowledge data provided by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). We wish to thank several anonymous referees and the editors of the American Business Law Journal for valuable comments and Jennifer N. Nix and Christopher R. Graving for excellent editing assistance. This paper previously circulated under the title of “Proxy Rules and Proxy Practices: An Empirical Study of US and UK Shareholder Proposals.” Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume49, Issue4December 2012Pages 739-803 RelatedInformation