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A Fresh Look at Director 'Independence' : Mutual Fund Fee Litigation and Gartenberg at 25
Johnson, Lyman - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773343
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Enron : Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (Acknowledgements & Introduction)
Rapoport, Nancy B. - 2008
This short introduction to the book, Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications (2004), is designed to walk the reader through the organization of the entire book. The book itself is designed for use by law schools, business schools, and undergraduates
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773675
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Carrots for Vetogates : Incentive Systems to Promote Capital Market Gatekeeper Effectiveness
Cunningham, Lawrence A. - 2007
market gatekeeping theory relies upon the reputations that gatekeepers are assumed to command and protect backstopped by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777108
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Shareholder Passivity, Cross-Border Voting and the Shareholder Rights Directive
Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2009
This paper focuses on the low cross-border turnout of shareholders at shareholder meetings of European issuers. It presents the data that is yet available on cross-border voting and examines the reasons behind the low cross-border turnout, in relative terms. Opposing the traditional view among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012766477
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The Contractarian Theory of Corporate Law : A Generation Later
Klausner, Michael - 2009
scholarship in law and economics - particularly empirical scholarship. It concludes that while the contractarian theory remains a …, the theory falls short. Two phenomena reflect shortcomings in the contractarian theory. First, corporate contracts exhibit … contractarian theory prescribes or an approach of mandatory regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767167
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Virtual Shareholder Meetings and the European Shareholder Rights Directive - Challenges and Opportunities
Zetzsche, Dirk A. - 2014
Member States are required to adopt the European Directive on the Exercise of Certain Rights of Shareholders in Listed Companies until [December 31st, 2009]. Based on a comparative analysis of the existing rules on the Internet-based exercise of shareholder rights within the European Community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709405
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Shareholder Protection Around the World ('Leximetric II')
Siems, Mathias - 2014
This article analyzes how shareholder protection has developed in 20 countries from 1995 to 2005. In contrast to traditional legal research, it draws on a quantitative methodology to law ('leximetrics', 'numerical comparative law'). Some of its results are that in most countries shareholder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012709419
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Lemon Signaling in Cross-Listing
Barzuza, Michal - 2012
Despite significant premium associated with cross-listing on U.S. exchanges many firms remain in their local markets or list on exchanges with weaker legal commitments. This paper develops a signaling model that helps in explaining controlling shareholders unique reluctance to bond. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012712928
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Institutional Investors as Minority Shareholders: Do They Matter When Ownership Is Concentrated?
Hamdani, Assaf; Yafeh, Yishay - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We shed new light on the corporate governance role of institutional investors in markets where concentrated ownership and business groups are prevalent. When companies have controlling shareholders, institutional investors, as minority shareholders, can play only a limited role in corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554240
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The Market for Corporate Law
Bar-Gill, Oren; Barzuza, Michal; Bebchuk, Lucian Arye - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper develops a model of the competition among states in providing corporate law rules. The analysis provides a full characterization of the equilibrium in this market. Competition among states is shown to produce optimal rules with respect to issues that do not have a substantial effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114390