Research Catalog

Title

Corporate governance : promises kept, promises broken / Jonathan R. Macey.

Author

Macey, Jonathan R.

Publication

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Description

viii, 334 pages; 25 cm

Summary

"In Corporate Governance, Jonathan Macey argues that less government regulation - not more - is what's needed to ensure that managers of public companies keep their promises to investors. Corporate Governance reveals why the market is the best guardian of shareholder interests."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

Corporate governance

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-323) and index.

Contents

Introduction. Corporate governance as promise -- Ch. 1. The goals of corporate governance : the dominant role of equity -- Ch. 2. Corporate law and corporate governance -- Ch. 3. Institutions and mechanisms of corporate governance : a taxonomy -- Ch. 4. Boards of directors -- Ch. 5. Case studies on boards of directors in corporate governance -- Ch. 6. Dissident directors -- Ch. 7. Formal external institutions of corporate governance : the role of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchanges, and the credit-rating agencies -- Ch. 8. The market for corporate control -- Ch. 9. Initial public offerings and private placements -- Ch. 10. Governance by litigation : derivative lawsuits -- Ch. 11. Accounting, accounting rules, and the accounting industry -- Ch. 12. Quirky governance : insider trading, short selling, and whistle-blowing -- Ch. 13. Shareholder voting -- Ch. 14. The role of banks and other lenders in corporate governance -- Ch. 15. Hedge funds and private equity.

ISBN

• 9780691129990 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0691129991 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008016531
• 40015926727

OCLC

• ocn223370186
• 223370186
• SCSB-9059192

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Columbia University Libraries