Table of Contents
Introduction, Jeffrey N. Gordon and Wolf-Georg RingePart 1: Theoretical Approaches, Tools, and Methods1. From Corporate Law to Corporate Governance, Ronald J. Gilson2. Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Law and Governance, Jeffrey N. Gordon3. Corporate Governance and its Political Economy, Mark J. Roe and Massimiliano Vatiero4. The "Corporate Contract" Today, Michael Klausner5. The State of State Competition for Incorporations, Marcel Kahan6. Culture and Law in Corporate Governance, Amir N. Licht7. A Behavioural Perspective on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance, Jaap Winter8. Empirical Studies in Corporate Law and Governance, Michael Klausner9. The Benefits and Costs of Indices in Empirical Corporate Governance Research, Allen Ferrell10. Taxonomies and Leximetric, Mathias M. SiemsPart II: Substantive Topics11. External and Internal Asset Partitioning: Corporations and their Subsidiaries, Henry Hansmann and Richard Squire12. The Board of Directors, Stephen M. Bainbridge13. Executive Remuneration, Guido Ferrarini and Cristina Ungureanu14. Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance, Edward Rock15. Shareholder Activism: A Renaissance, Wolf-Georg Ringe16. Corporate Short-Termism, Mark J. Roe17. Majority Control and Minority Protection, Zohar Goshen and Assaf Hamdani18. Debt and Corporate Governance, Charles K. Whitehead19. Accounting and Financial Reporting: Global Aspirations, Local Realities, Lawrence A. Cunningham20. Related Party Transactions, Luca Enriques21. Control Shifts via Share Acquisition Contracts with Shareholders (Takeovers), Paul Davies22. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring: Types, Regulation, and Patterns of Practice, John C. Coates IV23. Groups of Companies, Klaus J. Hopt24. Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance, Cynthia A. Williams25. Comparative Corporate Governance in Closely Held Corporations, Holger FleischerPart III: New Challenges in Corporate Governance26. Western versus Asian Corporate Governance Environments: The Role of Enforcement in International Convergence, Hideki Kanda27. Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets, Mariana Pargendler28. The Governance Ecology of China's State-Owned Enterprises, Curtis J. Milhaupt29. The Rise of Foreign Ownership and Corporate Governance, Merritt B. Fox30. Governance by Institutional Investors in a Stakeholder World, Gerard Hertig32. Institutional Investors, Intermediation, and Internal Governance, Gerard Hertig31. New Metrics for Corporate Governance: Shifting Strategies in an Aging IPO Market, Erik VermeulenPart IV: Enforcement32. Corporate Law and Self-Regulation, David Kershaw33. The Evolution in the U.S. of Private Enforcement via Litigation and Monitoring Techniques: Are There Lessons for Germany?, James D. Cox and Randall S. Thomas34. Private and Public Enforcement of Securities Regulation, Howell E. Jackson and Jeffrey Y. Zhang35. Public Enforcement: Criminal versus Civil, Amanda M. Rose36. Corporate Litigation in Specialized Business Courts, Joseph A. McCahery and F. Alexander de Roode37. The Compliance Function: An Overview, Geoffrey Parsons MillerPart V: Adjacent Areas38. Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law, Horst Eidenmüller39. Corporate Governance and Employment Relations, Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin40. Corporate Governance, Capital Markets, and Securities Law, Adam C. Pritchard41. Vertical and Horizontal Problems in Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance, Jonathan R. Macey and Maureen O'Hara42. Corporate Governance in Banks, John Armour43. Tax and Corporate Governance: The Influence of Tax on Managerial Agency Costs, David M. Schizer