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

1 Faculty News March 24, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/03/24/how-stock-price-relates-to-annual-meetings-location-location-location/) -- "'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](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/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."

[Read more](http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2014/03/24/how-stock-price-relates-to-annual-meetings-location-location-location/)

Additional coverage appeared on [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/companies-bad-news_n_5021397.html) and [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2014/03/27/shareholder-meeting-far-away-bad-news-could-be-brewing/).