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The Handbook of the Economics of Corporate Governance, Volume One, covers all issues important to economists. It is organized around fundamental principles, whereas multidisciplinary books on corporate governance often concentrate on specific topics. Specific topics include Relevant Theory and Methods, Organizational Economic Models as They Pertain to Governance, Managerial Career Concerns, Assessment & Monitoring, and Signal Jamming, The Institutions and Practice of Governance, The Law and Economics of Governance, Takeovers, Buyouts, and the Market for Control, Executive Compensation, Dominant Shareholders, and more. Providing excellent overviews and summaries of extant research, this book presents advanced students in graduate programs with details and perspectives that other books overlook.

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Author:   Benjamin Hermalin (University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA) ,  Michael Weisbach (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   North-Holland
Weight:   1.720kg
ISBN:  

9780444635303

ISBN 10:   0444635300
Pages:   760
Publication Date:   20 September 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Study of Corporate Governance Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach 2. Aspects of the Economics of Organization with Application to Corporate Governance Benjamin E. Hermalin 3. Assessing Managerial Ability: Implications for Corporate Governance Benjamin E. Hermalin, Michael S. Weisbach 4. Law and Corporate Governance Robert Bartlett, Eric Talley 5. The Evidence on Mergers and Acquisitions: A Historical and Modern Report J. Harold Mulherin, Jeffry M. Netter, Annette B. Poulsen 6. Boards, and the Directors Who Sit on Them Renée Birgit Adams 7. Executive Compensation: A Survey of Theory and Evidence Alex Edmans, Xavier Gabaix, Dirk Jenter 8. Blockholders: A Survey of Theory and Evidence Alex Edmans, Clifford G. Holderness 9. Governance and Stakeholders Vikas Mehrotra, Randall Morck 10. Evolution of Ownership and Control Around the World: The Changing Face of Capitalism Julian Franks, Colin Mayer

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Benjamin E. Hermalin holds professorships in both the Economics Department and in Berkeley's Haas School of Business. In the latter, he is the Thomas & Alison Schneider Distinguished Professor of Finance. He received the Schwabacher Award for outstanding teaching and research in 1993, and the Earl F. Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award in 1991. His areas of research include corporate governance, the study of organizations, and law & economics. Michael S. Weisbach is the Ralph W. Kurtz Chair in Finance, as well as a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Dr. Weisbach has broad-ranging research and teaching interests in finance and economics, with specialties in corporate finance, corporate governance, and private equity. He has 50 publications on these and related topics. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 30,000 times.

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