1. Corporate governance : theory and evidence -- 2. Private benefits of control -- 3. The law and economics of control powers : a theoretical framework -- 4. Legal distribution of corporate powers -- 5. How to cope with self-dealing -- 6. Regulation of related-party transactions : a comparative...

This article analyzes the determinants of liquidity crises based on the dynamics of banking and finance under Knightian uncertainty. In this perspective, the facts of the global financial crisis seem to confirm Minsky's hypothesis of endogenous financial instability derived from Keynes's theory...

This paper investigates the determinants of liquidity crises based on the dynamics of banking and finance under uncertainty. The explanatory power of this framework is tested against the events of the global financial crisis. Despite limited availability of data that can proxy for uncertainty,...

The standard approach to the legal foundations of corporate governance is that corporate law promotes separation of ownership and control by protecting minority shareholders from expropriation. This paper takes a broader perspective on the economic and legal determinants of corporate governance....

This paper is one chapter of the volume “Regulation and Economics” of the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics.The authors review the economics of banking and financial markets and the regulatory response to market failure. Market failure in finance depends on problems of...

This paper argues that a mitigated strict liability regime can incentivize Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) to produce ratings as accurate as the available forecasting technology allows. A damage cap based on objective factors is introduced in order to avoid crushing liability. Moreover, CRAs are...