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Prof. David Yermack's research on shareholder meeting location and stock prices is featured

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "'When they meet a long distance away, they really don’t want a lot of attention — they want to keep people from attending,' says co-author David Yermack, a New York University finance professor who studies corporate boards and related issues. Poor performance is worse when companies suddenly switch to an out-of-town meeting after years of meeting close to home."

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